Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 7 Apr 1976

Vol. 289 No. 8

Written Answers. - Leitrim-Roscommon Housing.

54.

Dr. Gibbons

asked the Minister for Local Government the number of houses built by (a) Roscommon County Council and (b) Leitrim County Council each year from 1968 to 1975 inclusive; the amount of grants paid each year; and the average cost of a house each year.

55.

Dr. Gibbons

asked the Minister for Local Government the amount of grants paid for the building of new private houses in (a) County Roscommon and (b) County Leitrim for each year from 1968 to 1975 inclusive; and the number of houses built in each county in each year.

Minister for Local Government (Mr. Tully)

With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 54 and 55 together.

Following is the information:

1. Number of house completions

	Year	Local authority houses completed	Other houses completed	Total houses completed
County Roscommon	1968	32	97	129
	1969	39	72	111
	1970	61	98	159
	1971	58	98	156
	1972	67	131	198
	1973	53	149	202
	1974	57	184	241
	1975	80	171	251
County Leitrim	1968	Nil	37	37
	1969	10	31	41
	1970	27	38	65
	1971	38	36	74
	1972	34	44	78
	1973	42	46	88
	1974	54	95	149
	1975	89	83	172

2. Amounts paid in grants and subsidies by the Department of Local Government for the provision of housing and the average cost of a local authority house

	Year	Amount of new house grants paid by the Department of Local Government	Amounts of local authority housing subsidy paid by the Department of Local Government	Average cost of a new local authority house
		£	£	£
County Roscommon	1968	29,425	18,169	1,972
	1969	24,771	19,721	2,008
	1970	31,997	22,185	2,294
	1971	43,507	31,251	2,234
	1972	41,105	28,544	2,574
	1973	54,200	41,970	3,675
	1974	68,510	116,076	not available
	1975	60,540	101,441	,,
County Leitrim	1968	13,367	3,975	2,080
	1969	10,492	6,217	2,100
	1970	13,590	7,266	2,445
	1971	12,125	7,186	2,700
	1972	12,848	7,875	3,060
	1973	21,705	8,783	5,400
	1974	31,287	67,900	5,885
	1975	30,095	113,320	not available

NOTE: The figures in the final column, where available, relate to financial years, for example, the figures shown for 1968 relate to the 12-month period ended 31st March, 1969, and the figures shown for 1974 refer to the transitional financial year 1st April to 31st December, 1974.