asked the Minister for Local Government whether he is aware that the Dublin Corporation are prepared to allot houses to the families of members of the Defence Forces who are at present living in overcrowded conditions in married quarters, on condition that the corporation receive the maximum subsidy payable by the Government; and, if so, whether he will arrange for the amendment of the Housing (Loan Charges Contributions) Regulations to permit of the corporation's receiving the maximum grant.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Housing (Loan Charges Contributions) Regulations.
I am not aware that the Dublin Corporation are prepared to allot houses to families of members of the Defence Forces in the manner suggested. In the letting of local authority houses a statutory preference is required to be given to persons displaced from their dwellings by operations of the local authority under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, and to families living in one room dwellings where one or more persons are suffering from tuberculosis. Until these categories are properly rehoused I do not think that an amendment of the regulations which would give a priority to the claims of any other classes would be justified.
asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state (a) the number of families living in overorowded conditions, in non-tenement dwellings, who have made application to the Dublin Corporation for housing, and (b) whether he will arrange for the amendment of the Housing (Loan Charges Contributions) Regulations to permit of his sanctioning the payment of the maximum subsidy to the corporation in respect of houses to which overcrowded families are transferred from tenement or non-tenement accommodation.
It is not possible to indicate the number of families living in overcrowded conditions in non-tenement dwellings who have made application to the Dublin Corporation for houses. Houses provided by the corporation for persons displaced from their existing dwellings by operations under housing by-laws, for reasons including overcrowding, qualify for the maximum subsidy under the Housing (Loan Charges Contributions) Regulations. The by-laws apply to overcrowding in both tenement and non-tenement houses.