I propose to take Questions Nos. 5, 11, 24 and 111 together.
The number of applications received by each local authority is set out in the tabular statement which I propose to incorporate in the Official Report. There were 40,655 applications by tenants to buy their houses: this represents some 45 per cent of eligible tenants. In addition, 1,752 tenants applied to purchase flats and maisonettes. I am very pleased at the exceptional response to the scheme which compares with an average of some 5,000 applications in recent years. As I made clear since I introduced the scheme, applications had to be received by 31 December 1988 and I do not intend to extend that date. I am at present considering purchase arrangements, including those for flats, for this year.
Following is the statement:
1988 Tenant Purchase Scheme — Position at 31 December 1988
Local Authority
|
No. of Applications
|
Houses
|
Flats and Maisonettes
|
County Boroughs:
|
|
|
Cork
|
2,198
|
232
|
Dublin
|
8,875
|
1,361
|
Galway
|
520
|
—
|
Limerick
|
1,400
|
—
|
Waterford
|
609
|
1
|
County Councils:
|
|
|
Carlow
|
430
|
—
|
Cavan
|
223
|
—
|
Clare
|
560
|
—
|
Cork — North
|
534
|
—
|
South
|
714
|
51
|
West
|
134
|
8
|
Donegal
|
1,390
|
—
|
Dublin
|
3,372
|
27
|
Galway
|
931
|
—
|
Kerry
|
1,111
|
—
|
Kildare
|
565
|
—
|
Kilkenny
|
538
|
—
|
Laois
|
668
|
—
|
Leitrim
|
325
|
—
|
Limerick
|
754
|
—
|
Longford
|
393
|
—
|
Louth
|
185
|
—
|
Mayo
|
1,044
|
—
|
Meath
|
755
|
—
|
Monaghan
|
332
|
2
|
Offaly
|
500
|
—
|
Roscommon
|
563
|
—
|
Sligo
|
210
|
—
|
Tipperary(NR)
|
544
|
—
|
Tipperary(SR)
|
593
|
—
|
Waterford
|
375
|
—
|
Westmeath
|
256
|
—
|
Wexford
|
743
|
—
|
Wicklow
|
640
|
—
|
Urban District
|
|
|
Councils:
|
|
|
Arklow
|
186
|
5
|
Athlone
|
143
|
—
|
Athy
|
70
|
—
|
Ballina
|
174
|
—
|
Ballinasloe
|
59
|
—
|
Birr
|
77
|
—
|
Bray
|
335
|
—
|
Buncrana
|
50
|
—
|
Bundoran
|
40
|
—
|
Carlow
|
173
|
—
|
Carrickmacross
|
53
|
—
|
Carrick-on-Suir
|
187
|
—
|
Cashel
|
113
|
—
|
Castlebar
|
122
|
—
|
Castleblayney
|
53
|
—
|
Cavan
|
60
|
—
|
Ceanannus Mór
|
32
|
—
|
Clonakilty
|
37
|
—
|
Clones
|
40
|
—
|
Cobh
|
72
|
—
|
Dundalk
|
345
|
—
|
Dungarvan
|
10
|
—
|
Ennis
|
230
|
—
|
Enniscorthy
|
270
|
—
|
Fermoy
|
56
|
—
|
Killarney
|
101
|
—
|
Kilrush
|
52
|
—
|
Kinsale
|
26
|
—
|
Letterkenny
|
59
|
—
|
Listowel
|
48
|
—
|
Longford
|
74
|
—
|
Macroom
|
38
|
—
|
Mallow
|
106
|
—
|
Midleton
|
50
|
—
|
Monaghan
|
105
|
—
|
Naas
|
55
|
—
|
Navan
|
24
|
—
|
Nenagh
|
118
|
—
|
New Ross
|
161
|
—
|
Skibbereen
|
15
|
—
|
Templemore
|
45
|
—
|
Thurles
|
102
|
—
|
Tipperary
|
152
|
—
|
Tralee
|
277
|
—
|
Trim
|
34
|
—
|
Tullamore
|
297
|
—
|
Westport
|
103
|
—
|
Wicklow
|
96
|
—
|
Youghal
|
151
|
—
|
Borough
|
|
|
Corporations:
|
|
|
Clonmel
|
412
|
—
|
Drogheda
|
345
|
—
|
Dún Laoghaire
|
789
|
65
|
Kilkenny
|
143
|
—
|
Sligo
|
300
|
—
|
Wexford
|
406
|
—
|
Total
|
40,655
|
1,752
|