Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 10 Dec 1952

Vol. 135 No. 8

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Housing Statistics.

Mr. Sweetman

asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state the number of dwellings completed by local housing authorities in each month of the years 1950, 1951 and 1952.

Mr. Smith

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

The statement is as follows:—

During month of	Number of Dwellings completed by local authorities
	1950	1951	1952
January	626	425	342
February	494	514	473
March	819	670	721
April	580	837	527
May	607	511	566
June	880	688	785
July	707	915	552
August	464	524	342
September	846	594	555
October	686	526	749
November	813	537
December	595	517

Mr. Sweetman

asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state, in respect of the last day of each month in 1950, 1951 and 1952, in respect of houses being erected by local authorities, (1) the number of houses (a) in progress, (b) for which tenders have been accepted or invited, (c) for which site development was in progress, (d) for which sites had been acquired but no development work commenced, and (2) (a) the number of skilled men employed and (b) the total number of men employed.

Mr. Smith

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

The statement is as follows:—

		(1) Number of houses	(2) Number of
At end of month of	In progress	For which tenders had been accepted or invited	For which site development was in progress	For which sites had been acquired but no development work commenced	Skilled men employed	Total number of men employed
		(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(a)	(b)
January,	1950	10,912	3,481	2,526	8,139	5,662	12,411
February,	,,	10,838	3,439	2,415	7,994	5,791	12,556
March,	,,	10,533	3,171	2,519	8,862	5,915	12,955
April,	,,	10,776	2,831	2,809	8,842	6,050	13,208
May,	,,	10,451	2,794	2,556	9,143	6,193	13,611
June,	,,	9,986	2,726	2,248	8,955	6,274	13,673
July,	,,	10,201	3,177	2,234	8,124	6,183	13,645
August,	,,	10,211	3,159	3,475	6,867	5,932	12,913
September,	,,	9,976	3,122	2,002	8,135	6,222	13,077
October,	,,	10,413	2,939	2,729	8,130	6,018	12,878
November,	,,	9,980	3,300	2,389	7,776	5,752	12,372
December,	,,	10,080	2,672	2,751	7,364	5,534	11,769
January,	1951	10,201	3,326	2,851	6,758	5,459	11,359
February,	,,	10,069	3,849	2,319	6,198	5,415	11,185
March,	,,	10,222	3,462	2,097	7,927	5,093	11,085
April,	,,	9,967	4,142	1,961	8,250	5,039	11,312
May,	,,	10,360	3,579	2,122	8,455	5,179	11,481
June,	,,	10,720	3,221	2,719	7,841	5,056	11,369
July,	,,	10,055	3,640	2,349	7,999	5,373	11,533
August,	,,	9,892	3,354	2,237	7,826	5,123	11,412
September,	,,	9,615	3,252	2,219	7,681	5,247	11,917
October,	,,	9,926	3,090	2,163	7,400	5,431	12,101
November,	,,	9,652	2,998	2,149	7,695	5,459	11,861
December,	,,	9,218	2,882	1,827	9,303	5,099	11,105
January,	1952	9,376	2,545	2,031	9,081	5,096	10,630
February,	,,	9,459	2,811	1,562	9,278	5,105	10,776
March,	,,	9,526	3,158	1,626	8,699	5,109	11,128
April,	,,	9,246	3,272	2,724	6,204	5,013	10,826
May,	,,	9,323	3,145	2,607	7,087	5,162	11,100
June,	,,	8,920	2,930	2,353	8,479	5,162	11,063
July,	,,	8,792	2,640	2,416	8,530	5,100	10,746
August,	,,	8,760	3,095	2,583	8,054	4,969	10,300
September	,,	8,646	3,100	1,720	8,151	4,970	10,261
October,	,,	7,991	3,453	1,715	9,901	4,930	9,946