asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state (a) the estimated housing requirements of each local authority at the latest available date, (b) the number of houses under construction by each local authority, and (c) the number for which tenders are being sought or are about to be sought.
Written Answers. - Local Authority Housing Requirements.
161.
The following are the particulars requested by the Deputy. The figures in the first column are those supplied by housing authorities in reply to the Department's circular letter of 10th September, 1959, which requested information as to the number of applicants approved by each housing authority for rehousing by them either in new dwellings or in existing dwellings becoming vacant.
|
COUNTY COUNCILS |
Number of approved applicants awaiting rehousing |
Number of houses under construction at 31/12/59 |
Dwellings in schemes at tender stage 31/12/59 |
|
Carlow |
35 |
— |
— |
|
Cavan |
25 |
2 |
2 |
|
Clare |
80 |
17 |
6 |
|
Cork (North) |
125 |
8 |
— |
|
Cork (South) |
121 |
61 |
4 |
|
Cork (West) |
55 |
28 |
1 |
|
Donegal |
84 |
17 |
73 |
|
Dublin |
500 |
42 |
88 |
|
Galway |
149 |
3 |
23 |
|
Kerry |
570 |
48 |
— |
|
Kildare |
50 |
12 |
32 |
|
Kilkenny |
35 |
— |
4 |
|
Laois |
80 |
42 |
25 |
|
Leitrim |
— |
— |
— |
|
Limerick |
105 |
10 |
81 |
|
Longford |
33 |
2 |
12 |
|
Louth |
47 |
37 |
12 |
|
Mayo |
13 |
— |
6 |
|
Meath |
59 |
20 |
1 |
|
Monaghan |
13 |
— |
— |
|
Offaly |
52 |
13 |
18 |
|
Roscommon |
92 |
15 |
— |
|
Sligo |
4 |
— |
1 |
|
Tipperary (N.R.) |
82 |
47 |
12 |
|
Tipperary (S.R.) |
222 |
47 |
109 |
|
Waterford |
43 |
5 |
— |
|
Westmeath |
273 |
2 |
29 |
|
Wexford |
42 |
12 |
12 |
|
Wicklow |
9 |
— |
3 |
|
COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCILS |
Approved applicants awaiting rehousing |
Number of houses under construction at 31/12/59 |
Number of dwellings in schemes at tender stage at 31/12/59 |
|
County Borough: |
|||
|
Cork |
900 |
307 |
4 |
|
Dublin |
3,500 |
374 |
158 |
|
Limerick |
831 |
98 |
78 |
|
Waterford |
130 |
25 |
— |
|
URBAN DISTRICT COUNCILS |
Approved applicants awaiting rehousing |
Number of houses under construction at 31/12/59 |
Number of dwellings in schemes at tender stage at 31/12/59 |
|
Urban Districts: |
|||
|
An Uaimh |
38 |
30 |
— |
|
Arklow |
— |
— |
— |
|
Athlone |
59 |
— |
— |
|
Athy |
— |
— |
— |
|
Ballina |
— |
— |
— |
|
Ballinasloe |
2 |
— |
— |
|
Birr |
— |
— |
— |
|
Bray |
45 |
— |
— |
|
Burrorana |
30 |
— |
— |
|
Bundoran |
— |
— |
— |
|
Carlow |
25 |
— |
— |
|
Carrickmacross |
14 |
— |
— |
|
Carrick-onSuir |
150 |
58 |
— |
|
Cashel |
7 |
— |
— |
|
Castlebar |
— |
— |
— |
|
Castleblayney |
20 |
— |
— |
|
Cavan |
— |
— |
— |
|
Ceanannus Mor |
18 |
— |
— |
|
Clonakilty |
12 |
— |
— |
|
Clones |
21 |
— |
— |
|
Clonmel |
114 |
— |
— |
|
Cobh |
11 |
— |
— |
|
Drogheda |
160 |
— |
— |
|
Dundalk |
89 |
54 |
— |
|
Dungarvan |
30 |
— |
— |
|
Dun Laoire |
152 |
8 |
— |
|
Ennis |
8 |
— |
— |
|
Enniscorthy |
25 |
— |
— |
|
Fermoy |
28 |
— |
— |
|
Galway |
98 |
— |
— |
|
Kilkenny |
97 |
— |
— |
|
Killarney |
9 |
— |
— |
|
Kilrush |
— |
— |
— |
|
Kinsale |
6 |
6 |
— |
|
Letterkenny |
64 |
— |
— |
|
Listowel |
— |
— |
— |
|
Longford |
15 |
— |
— |
|
Macroom |
1 |
— |
— |
|
Mallow |
— |
46 |
— |
|
Midleton |
13 |
— |
— |
|
Monaghan |
40 |
— |
— |
|
Naas |
— |
— |
16 |
|
Nenagh |
15 |
— |
7 |
|
New Ross |
— |
— |
— |
|
Skibbereen |
— |
— |
— |
|
Sligo |
49 |
— |
— |
|
Templemore |
6 |
— |
— |
|
Thurles |
55 |
— |
— |
|
Tipperary |
13 |
— |
— |
|
Tralee |
110 |
96 |
— |
|
Trim |
6 |
— |
— |
|
Tullamore |
20 |
— |
— |
|
Westport |
5 |
— |
— |
|
Wexford |
92 |
39 |
— |
|
Wicklow |
10 |
— |
— |
|
Youghal |
58 |
— |
8 |