(South Tipperary) asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state in respect of each of the years 1965-66 and 1966-67 the number of new houses completed by (a) local authorities and (b) private enterprise (i) with the help of grants and (ii) without the help of grants.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Building of Houses.
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The estimated total number of new houses provided during the year ended 31st March, 1966, was 11,255, including 2,989 local authority houses. The corresponding total for the year ended the 31st March, 1967, was 10,984, including 4,079 local authority houses.
The totals include 7,427 and 6,183 houses for which grants were fully paid by my Department in the years 1965-66 and 1966-67, respectively, and about 400 houses estimated to have been provided annually without the aid of grants or by means of conversions of existing dwellings.
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(South Tipperary) asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state, in respect of private enterprise grant-aided house building the number of new houses completed during the year 1966-67 by (a) the Land Commission, (b) the Office of Public Works, (c) the Department of Lands including Forestry, (d) Shannon Free Airport Development Company, (e) Roinn na Gaeltachta, (f) the National Building Agency, (g) public utility societies (h) private firms, persons or agencies and (i) any other authority or State Department.
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 year ended 31st March, 1967.
|
AGENCY |
Number of houses built |
|
(a) Land Commission |
112 |
|
(b) Office of Public Works |
18 |
|
(c) Department of Lands (Forestry Division) |
10 |
|
(d) Shannon Free Airport Development Company. |
— |
|
(e) Roinn na Gaeltachta |
180 |
|
(f) Private persons, public utility societies, National Building Agency Ltd., firms, etc. |
6,183 |
|
(g) Other authorities or State Departments. |
2 |
|
6,505 |
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 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 number of houses completed by the Agency in 1966-67, other than those built by them for local authorities, was 257.
(3) Houses built by Shannon Free Airport Development Company with the aid of grants from the Department of Local Government are included at (f). The Company did not build any non-grant houses in 1966-67.