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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 12 Apr 1994

Vol. 441 No. 1

Written Answers. - House Building.

Robert Molloy

Question:

92 Mr. Molloy asked the Minister for the Environment the number of public authority and privately constructed houses built in each of the years since the year 1965.

The numbers of local authority and private houses completed each year from 1964-1965 to 1993, inclusive, are as follows:

Years Ending 31st March

Local Authority Houses

Private Houses

Total

1964-65

2,307

7,677

9,984

1965-66

2,989

8,691

11,680

1966-67

4,079

7,305

11,384

1967-68

4,045

8,402

12,447

1968-69

4,613

8,920

13,533

1969-70

4,706

9,463

14,169

1970-71

3,875

10,096

13,971

1971-72

5,106

11,315

16,421

1972-73

5,784

16,638

22,422

1973-74

6,539

19,651

26,190

1974 (April to Dec.)

4,649

14,273

18,922

Years Ending 31st December

1975

8,794

18,098

26,892

1976

7,263

16,737

24,000

1977

6,333

18,215

24,548

1978

6,073

19,371

25,444

1979

6,214

20,330

26,544

1980

5,984

21,801

27,785

1981

5,681

23,236

28,917

1982

5,686

21,112

26,798

1983

6,190

19,948

26,138

1984

7,002

17,942

24,944

1985

6,523

17,425

23,948

1986

5,516

17,164

22,680

1987

3,074

15,376

18,450

1988

1,450

14,204

15,654

1989

768

17,300

18,068

1990

1,003

18,536

19,539

1991

1,180

18,472

19,652

1992

1,482

20,982

22,464

1993*

1,200

20,191

21,391

* Up to and including 1992 private house completions included an unquantified number of voluntary/non-profit houses. In 1993 separate figures were compiled for this category and amounted to 890, which are included in the figure for private houses above.
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