asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state the number of new dwellings needed to solve the present housing problem in Dublin City; the plans, if any, he has made for the provision of these dwellings and the period of time he estimates it will take to provide them.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Dublin City Housing Problem.
Mr. Murphy
It is estimated that there is a present need for at least 20,000 working-class houses in Dublin City. A programme has been prepared by the housing authority, the Dublin Corporation, in consultation with the Housing Consultative Council, which aims at completing this number of dwellings within a period of ten years, and at providing within the same period a further 10,000 dwellings which, it is assumed, will be needed because of deterioration of existing dwellings, and to meet additional needs arising during the course of the programme.
The corporation hope that building by normal methods will be stepped up to yield an output of 2,000 dwellings per annum in the immediate future, and the corporation are examining the possibility of supplementing this output by the provision of dwellings by other methods.
The housing needs of Dublin City continue to receive my special attention, and I am giving the corporation every possible assistance and encouragement to enable them to realise their programme.
In view of the unsatisfactory nature of that reply, I propose, with the permission of the Chair, to raise the matter on the adjournment this evening.
Very well.