(South Tipperary) asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state, in respect of private enterprise grant-aided house building, the number of houses completed during each financial year over the past decade by (a) the Land Commission, (b) the Office of Public Works, (c) the Department of Lands including Forestry, (d) the Shannon Free Airport Development Company, (e) Roinn na Gaeltachta, (f) the National Building Agency, (g) public utility societies, (h) private persons, firms or agencies, and (i) any other authority or State Department.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Building of Houses.
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As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to have it circulated with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
NUMBER of private houses built in the years 1956-57 to 1965-66 inclusive.
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Year ended 31st March. |
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Agency |
1957 |
1958 |
1959 |
1960 |
1961 |
1962 |
1963 |
1964 |
1965 |
1966 |
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(a) Land Commission |
624 |
454 |
456 |
388 |
440 |
342 |
664 |
151 |
151 |
172 |
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(b) Office of Public Works |
20 |
30 |
15 |
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(c) Department of Lands (including Forestry Division) |
4 |
6 |
2 |
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(d) Shannon Free Airport Development Company |
67 |
130 |
26 |
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(e) Roinn na Gaeltachta |
183 |
145 |
216 |
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(f) Private persons, public utility societies, National Building Agency, Ltd., firms, etc. |
5,561 |
3,559 |
2,626 |
3,190 |
3,895 |
4,046 |
4,375 |
5,147 |
6,508 |
7,427 |
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(g) Other authorities or Departments |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
3 |
2 |
8 |
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TOTAL: |
6,185 |
4,013 |
3,082 |
3,578 |
4,335 |
4,388 |
5,039 |
5,575 |
6,972 |
7,866 |
NOTES: (1) Particulars of houses built without the aid of grants are not included. It is estimated that in recent years about 400 houses have been provided annually without the aid of grants or by means of conversions of existing dwellings.
(2) The figures shown in respect of the bodies mentioned at (a) to (e) inclusive and at (g) represent the total numbers of houses built by, or under the aegis of, these bodies. Information as to the numbers of these houses which were the subject of grant or other financial aid is not available.
(3) The figures shown at (f) relate to houses for which grants were fully paid by the Department of Local Government. Separate records of the numbers of such houses built by public utility societies or by the National Building Agency Ltd., are not available. The numbers of houses completed by the Agency in recent years have been as follows:—
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1963-64 |
76 |
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1964-65 |
189 |
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1965-66 |
314 |