Vol. 430 No. 6
85 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment the number of travellers and traveller families in each county and borough county area; and the numbers in permanent houses, temporary halting sites and official halting sites in each area.
Details of the numbers of traveller families in local authority permanent houses, official halting sites and temporary halting sites in each area, as compiled in a count conducted by county councils, county borough corporations and Dún Laoghaire Corporation in November, 1992, are set out in the following tabular statement. No information is available on the numbers of traveller families who occupy private houses.
Tabular Statement
|
County (including urban areas within the county) |
Total Number Of Families |
Number of Families in Local Authority Housing |
Number of Families on Official Halting Sites |
Number of Families on Temporary Halting Sites |
|
Carlow |
37 |
20 |
3 |
0 |
|
Cavan |
61 |
22 |
12 |
0 |
|
Clare |
94 |
52 |
13 |
7 |
|
Cork |
147 |
57 |
12 |
0 |
|
Donegal |
60 |
27 |
8 |
0 |
|
Dublin |
526 |
105 |
84 |
167 |
|
Galway |
240 |
154 |
26 |
0 |
|
Kerry |
176 |
135 |
13 |
12 |
|
Kildare |
54 |
1 |
19 |
0 |
|
Kilkenny |
39 |
21 |
12 |
0 |
|
Laois |
61 |
8 |
18 |
0 |
|
Leitrim |
24 |
8 |
10 |
0 |
|
Limerick |
148 |
69 |
14 |
7 |
|
Longford |
116 |
88 |
9 |
0 |
|
Louth |
110 |
69 |
26 |
0 |
|
Mayo |
100 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
|
Meath |
134 |
62 |
14 |
0 |
|
Monaghan |
52 |
34 |
6 |
3 |
|
Offaly |
105 |
34 |
16 |
0 |
|
Roscommon |
52 |
21 |
11 |
0 |
|
Sligo |
37 |
13 |
5 |
0 |
|
Tipperary NR |
78 |
40 |
5 |
0 |
|
Tipperary SR |
60 |
25 |
7 |
0 |
|
Waterford |
28 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
|
Westmeath |
127 |
85 |
27 |
0 |
|
Wexford |
128 |
48 |
10 |
12 |
|
Wicklow |
62 |
33 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total (1) |
2,856 |
1,315 |
388 |
208 |
|
County Boroughs |
||||
|
Cork |
170 |
111 |
45 |
0 |
|
Dublin |
440 |
202 |
121 |
0 |
|
Galway |
186 |
94 |
37 |
0 |
|
Limerick |
86 |
14 |
15 |
0 |
|
Waterford |
70 |
37 |
17 |
0 |
|
Dun Laoghaire |
20 |
11 |
3 |
0 |
|
Total (11) |
972 |
469 |
238 |
0 |
|
Totals of (1) and (11) |
3,828 |
1,784 |
626 |
208 |
