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(South Tipperary) asked the Minister for Local Government the terms and dates of introduction of purchase schemes in respect of Tipperary South Riding County Council, Waterford County Council, Clonmel Corporation, Tipperary Urban Council, Carrick-on-Suir Urban Council and Cashel Urban Council.
13.
(South Tipperary) asked the Minister for Local Government whether any of the housing purchase schemes in operation by any housing authority in South Tipperary has been altered since its introduction; and, if so, in what manner.
With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take questions Nos. 12 and 13 together and to have the reply circulated in the form of a tabular statement with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
PARTICULARS of Purchase Schemes approved under section 11 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919.
|
Name of Authority |
Number of houses in schemes |
Date of approval by Minister |
Approved purchase price per dwelling |
|
Carrick-on-Suir UDC |
339 |
25th February, 1954 |
From £136 10s. to £507. Also terms for certain houses providing only for purchase by weekly payments of 7/5d., 16/5d., 18/1d. and 21/4d. |
|
62 |
17th June, 1954 |
£880 and £1,335. |
|
|
Cashel UDC |
231 |
11th August, 1954 |
From £100 to £1,770. |
|
18 at Ard Mhuire |
25th January, 1965 |
£1,380. |
|
|
Clonmel Corporation |
497 |
5th June, 1954 |
From £45 10s. to £810 6s. 8d. |
|
264 |
7th August, 1956 |
From £203 to £1,110. |
|
|
Tipperary UDC |
448 |
7th December, 1954 |
From £60 to £1,050. |
|
55 at Marian Terrace and Canon Hayes Park. |
18th May, 1962 |
£1,500 for houses at Marian Terrace and £1,550 for houses at Canon Hayes Park. |
|
|
11 at St. Patrick's Avenue. |
30th October, 1953 |
£247. |
PARTICULARS of Cottage Purchase Schemes approved under Section 13 of the Labourers Act, 1936,
|
Name of Authority |
Title of Scheme |
Date of coming into force |
|
Tipperary (SR) County Council. |
Tipperary (S.R.) County Purchase Scheme, 1938. |
31st December, 1938. |
|
Tipperary (SR) Additional Cottages Purchase Scheme, 1939. |
6th March, 1942. |
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Tipperary (SR) Additional Cottages Purchase Scheme, 1946. |
15th September, 1948. |
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Tipperary (SR) Additional Cottages Purchase Scheme, 1957. |
30th April, 1958. |
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Tipperary (SR) Additional Cottages Purchase Scheme, 1958. |
1st April, 1960. |
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Tipperary (SR) Additional Cottages Purchase Scheme, 1961. |
1st May, 1962. |
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Tipperary (SR) Additional Cottages Purchase Scheme, 1964. |
1st May, 1965. |
|
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Waterford County Council |
Waterford County Health District Purchase Scheme, 1937. |
31st December, 1938. |
|
Waterford County Health District Purchase Scheme, 1956. |
3rd December, 1956. |
NOTES:
Schemes under section 11 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919.
(1) In some schemes individual prices are fixed for a great variety of different houses. To give the price for each house or house type would take up a disproportionate amount of time.
(2) The approved terms are based on multiples of the rent or on the outstanding loan for the house. They are minimum terms only. The Minister's approval is not required to any increase in these terms. Approval was given on 22nd December, 1955, to a reduction of approximately one-third in the sale terms applicable to the lower priced houses in the 231 house scheme in Cashel, and on 23rd June, 1954, to a reduction from 7/1 to 6/4 in the weekly payment for the 11 house scheme in Tipperary.
(3) Tenants have an option in most cases of purchasing their dwellings by way of weekly payments over a number of years.
Schemes under section 13 of the Labourers Act, 1936.
(4) Copies of approved schemes are laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas.
(5) Schemes quote prices for each cottage to which they relate. To give these prices for each cottage would take up a disproportionate amount of time. In general, schemes made up to 1951 were based on minimum purchase annuities of 75% of the rent payable while those made from 1951 onwards were generally based on minimum purchase annuities of 50% of the rent. Annuities are generally of the order of £2 to £11.
