Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 14 Feb 1952

Vol. 129 No. 4

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cork Corporation Rent Charges.

Mr. McGrath

asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state the rents charged by Cork Corporation for houses completed in each of the financial years 1945-46 to the present date and the basis on which they were fixed indicating whether Government grants or subsidies were taken into consideration in each case.

Mr. Smith

As the reply includes a tabular statement, I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to have it circulated in the Official Report.

Following is the statement.

The following rents have been approved by my Department in respect of the schemes mentioned:—

Scheme	Rents Approved
90 houses, Cathedral Lane	68 houses at	16/- p.w. excluding rates.
	22,,,,	20/-,,,, ,,
10 houses, School Place		16/-,,,, ,,
23 houses, Fuller's Road	14,,,,	17/6 ,,,, ,,
	9,,,,	19/-,,,, ,,
14 houses, Mount Eden Terrace		16/-,,,, ,,
42 houses, Barrett's Terrace		16/-,,,, ,,
23 houses, St. Anne's Terrace		16/-,,,, ,,
18 houses, Friar's Walk	7,,,,	20/-,,,, ,,
	10,,,,	25/-,,,, ,,
	1,,,,	27/6,,,, ,,
10 houses, Parkowen	4,,,,	10/-,,,, ,,
	6,,,,	20/-,,,, ,,
16 houses, Gould Street	Differential rents 6/- to 36/- per week, including rates.
212 houses, Ballyphehane No. 1	22 houses at	10/- p.w. excluding rates.
	154,,,,	15/-,,,, ,,
	36,,,,	20/-,,,, ,,
82 houses, Ballyphehane No. 2	14,,,,	25/-,,,, ,,
	68,,,,	20/-,,,, ,,
198 houses, Bakers Lane No. 3	Differential rents, nil to 25/- per week, excluding rates.

It is not possible to indicate specific financial years for the completion of each scheme as a whole. The houses completed in a financial year may be included in a number of different schemes. The Deputy might obtain precise information in this matter by inquiry from the housing authority.

In normal differential renting schemes State grants and subsidies are not taken into account in determining the economic rent on which differential renting systems are based but in the case of Cork County Borough the system has been in operation over a number of years and I am not in a position to indicate the circumstances taken into account when the several renting systems operating in those years were adopted.