Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 17 Oct 1991

Vol. 411 No. 2

Written Answers. - County Donegal Local Authority Housing.

Patrick D. Harte

Question:

56 Mr. Harte asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline (1) the number of local authority houses built in the urban areas of (a) Letterkenny and (b) Buncrana in County Donegal in each year since 1970 and (2) the number to be built in each area in 1991.

Patrick D. Harte

Question:

57 Mr. Harte asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline (1) the number of local authority houses built in County Donegal in each year since 1970 and (2) the number to be built in 1991.

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment (Mr. Connolly)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 56 and 57 together.

I refer the Deputy to the reply to Question No. 229 of 24 October 1990 in relation to the number of local authority houses built in County Donegal and to the reply to Question No. 218 of 19 April 1988 in relation to Buncrana and Letterkenny for the period 1980-87. The numbers of local authority houses completed in Buncrana and Letterkenny in the years 1988 to 1990 are as follows:

Year	Buncrana Urban District Council	Letterkenny Urban District Council
1988	5	—
1989	—	—
1990	—	15

At this stage, details of the number of local authority houses built in Buncrana and Letterkenny each year from 1970 to 1979 are not readily available. The numbers are included, however, in the figures for County Donegal for those years.

In 1991 the number of houses authorised for commencement in County Donegal was 117, of which 17 relate to Letterkenny.