asked the Minister for the Environment the number of local authority houses completed in the Twenty-six counties in the last three calendar years; and the number of persons on the waiting list in each area.
Written Answers. - Local Authority Houses.
The number of local authority houses completed in each of the last three years is as follows:—
1980 |
5,984 |
1981 |
5,681 |
1982 |
5,686 |
Details of local authority house completions in each county and county borough are published in the Quarterly Bulletin of Housing Statistics. The number of approved applicants for local authority dwellings in each area at 31 October 1982, the latest date for which this information is available is set out in the following tabular statement, which I propose to have circulated in the Official Report.
Approved applicants at 31 October 1982 |
|
County Councils |
|
Carlow |
176 |
Cavan |
409 |
Clare |
306 |
Cork (North) |
390 |
Cork (South) |
213 |
Cork (West) |
†— |
Donegal |
2,020 |
Dublin |
1,724 |
Galway |
369 |
Kerry |
950 |
Kildare |
350 |
Kilkenny |
447 |
Laois |
252 |
Leitrim |
304 |
Limerick |
684 |
Longford |
380 |
Louth |
400 |
Mayo |
1,036 |
Meath |
936 |
Monaghan |
323 |
Offaly |
266 |
Roscommon |
82 |
Sligo |
215 |
Tipperary N.R. |
193 |
Tipperary S.R. |
270 |
Waterford |
147 |
Westmeath |
196 |
Wexford |
1,514 |
Wicklow |
690 |
Co. Boroughs |
|
Cork |
1,229 |
Dublin |
6,665 |
Limerick |
711 |
Waterford |
732 |
Urban District Councils |
|
Arklow |
101 |
Athlone |
193 |
Athy |
93 |
Ballina |
*123 |
Ballinasloe |
94 |
Birr |
23 |
Bray |
318 |
Buncranna |
71 |
Bundoran |
15 |
Carlow |
151 |
Carrickmacross |
56 |
Carrick-on-Suir |
68 |
Cashel |
46 |
Castlebar |
Nil |
Castleblayney |
55 |
Cavan |
61 |
Ceanannus Mór |
51 |
Clonakilty |
17 |
Clones |
30 |
Clonmel |
69 |
Cobh |
97 |
Drogheda |
183 |
Dundalk |
*200 |
Dungarvan |
*169 |
Dún Laoghaire |
498 |
Ennis |
35 |
Enniscorthy |
130 |
Fermoy |
208 |
Galway |
242 |
Kilkenny |
242 |
Killarney |
45 |
Kilrush |
65 |
Kinsale |
8 |
Letterkenny |
47 |
Listowel |
71 |
Longford |
213 |
Macroom |
11 |
Mallow |
*64 |
Midleton |
75 |
Monaghan |
74 |
Naas |
57 |
Navan |
81 |
Nenagh |
7 |
New Ross |
29 |
Skibbereen |
5 |
Sligo |
314 |
Templemore |
28 |
Thurles |
*134 |
Tipperary |
81 |
Tralee |
211 |
Trim |
12 |
Tullamore |
16 |
Westport |
23 |
Wexford |
79 |
Wicklow |
110 |
Youghal |
Nil |
* Note 1—Information relating to position at 31 October 1982 is not available in these cases. Figures given relate to position at 31 October 1981.
† Note 2—Cork (West) County Council do not maintain a list of approved applicants.