asked the Minister for Local Government what is the present criterion of overcrowding as defined by Dublin Corporation.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Definition of Overcrowding.
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In relation to overcrowding for housing purposes, Dublin Corporation, in common with other housing authorities, are governed by the definition of overcrowding contained in section 63 of the Housing Act, 1966.
With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to circulate the text of the section with the Official Report.
Following is the text:—
A house shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be overcrowded at any time when the number of persons ordinarily sleeping in the house and the number of rooms therein either—
(a) are such that any two of these persons, being persons of ten years of age or more of opposite sexes and not being persons living together as husband and wife, must sleep in the same room;
(b) are such that the free air space in any room used as a sleeping apartment, for any person is less than four hundred cubic feet (the height of the room, if it exceeds eight feet being taken to to be eight feet, for the purpose of calculating free air space)
and "overcrowding" shall be construed accordingly.