Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 24 Oct 1978

Vol. 308 No. 6

Written Answers. - Local Authority Housing.

496.

Mr. Quinn

asked the Minister for the Environment if he will indicate, for each local authority the following information (1) the total number of applicants on the housing waiting list for local authority housing in each area; (2) the total number of transfer applicants in each area; (3) the percentage families on both lists that have (a) more than eight persons in the family; (b) more than six persons in the family; (c) more than four persons in the family; and (d) more than two persons in the family, as at 30 September 1978, or the latest date on which information is available.

Minister for the Environment (Mr. Barrett)

Following is a statement of the total number of approved and unprocessed applications on hands of local housing authorities in each area:

Approved and unprocessed applications on hands of local housing authorities at 30 September 1977.

Housing Authority	Number of approved applications	Number of unprocessed applications	Total
COUNTY COUNCILS:
Carlow	261	10	271
Cavan	385	66	451
Clare	218	80	298
Cork (North)	128	139	267
Cork (South)	405	—	405
Cork (West)	—	170	170
Donegal	1,009	1,082	2,091
Dublin	1,792	—	1,792
Galway	301	220	521
Kerry	1,104	267	1,371
Kildare	645	—	645
Kilkenny	100	303	403
Laois	247	20	267
Leitrim	199	13	212
Limerick	306	495	801
Longford	190	65	255
Louth	319	63	382
Mayo	1,228	250	1,478
Meath	696	150	846
Monaghan	499	27	526
Offaly	217	40	257
Roscommon	248	17	265
Sligo	148	43	191
Tipperary NR	198	43	241
Tipperary SR	232	113	345
Waterford	233	109	342
Westmeath	360	34	394
Wexford	—	1,196	1,196
Wicklow	464	289	753
COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCILS:
Cork	1,471	819	2,290
Dublin	6,113	215	6,328
Limerick	756	26	782
Waterford	459	—	459
URBAN DISTRICT COUNCILS:
Arklow	52	30	82
Athlone	60	11	71
Athy	56	33	89
Ballina*
Ballinasloe	74	—	74
Birr	33	—	33
Bray	210	71	281
Buncrana	3	58	61
Bundoran	11	8	19
Carlow	171	69	240
Carrickmacross	47	12	59
Carrick-on-Suir	109	14	123
Cashel	41	2	43
Castlebar	32	17	49
Castleblayney	107	6	113
Cavan	60	4	64
Ceanannus Mór	27	1	28
Clonakilty	—	34	34
Clones	37	4	41
Clonmel	80	112	192
Cobh	—	103	103
Drogheda	—	409	409
Dundalk	350	40	390
Dungarvan	167	—	167
Dún Laoghaire	574	20	594
Ennis	32	84	116
Enniscorthy	8	88	96
Fermoy	90	20	110
Galway	169	137	306
Kilkenny	196	27	223
Killarney	72	7	79
Kilrush	14	—	14
Kinsale*
Letterkenny	68	9	77
Listowel	45	6	51
Longford	73	17	90
Macroom	—	54	54
Mallow	37	—	37
Midleton	38	—	38
Monaghan	96	31	127
Naas*
Navan	41	22	63
Nenagh	78	65	143
New Ross	76	—	76
Skibbereen	28	10	38
Sligo	164	116	280
Templemore	18	7	25
Thurles	115	64	179
Tipperary	66	31	97
Tralee	199	17	216
Trim	38	5	43
Tullamore	59	44	103
Westport	—	90	90
Wexford	262	—	262
Wicklow	12	40	52
Youghal	89	20	109

Note:

(1) The figures in the table are the latest figures available to my Department and relate to applications which local housing authorities had at 30 September 1977.

(2) The required information was not submitted to my Department in respect of housing authorities marked with an asterisk (*).

(3) The figures for Dublin Corporation and Birr Urban District Council relate to the position at 1 May 1978 and 31 December 1977 respectively.

In my reply to parliamentary question number 440 of 12 October 1978 details were given of the information available to me regarding approved applications and the percentages of these applications by family sizes.

In that reply I also stated that no information is available in my Department in respect of transfer applicants.

Details of the family sizes represented by unprocessed applications are not available in my Department.