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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 26 Apr 1994

Vol. 441 No. 8

Written Answers. - Halting Sites.

Colm M. Hilliard

Question:

83 Mr. Hilliard asked the Minister for the Environment the number of halting sites provided by each local authority for each of the years 1989 to date; and the number of travellers housed in each bay.

The number of halting sites, including the number of bays on them, provided by local authorities from 1989-1993 with approved funding from the Department is set out in the following table. Information on the number of travellers housed in each bay is not available in the Department.

Local Authority

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

No. of sites

No. of bays

No. of sites

No. of bays

No. of sites

No. of bays

No. of sites

No. of bays

No. of sites

No. of bays

County Councils

Cork (W)

1

4

Donegal

1

3

Dublin

1

5

5

65

1

5

3

61

Galway

1

12

1

10

1

6

Kerry

2

10

Kildare

1

7

Kilkenny

*4;

1

1

Laois

1

10

Leitrim

1

8

*6

Limerick

1

11

1

7

1

6

Meath

1

14

Monaghan

1

6

Roscommon

1

4

Sligo

1

2

Tipperary NR

1

7

Tipperary SR

1

3

1

1

2

2

Westmeath

1

9

Wexford

1

6

2

12

1

6

Wicklow

3

15

Corporations

Cork

1

10

1

12

Dublin

2

18

1

14

Galway

2

12

1

25

Limerick

*2

2

11

1

8

1

9

Waterford

1

12

1

7

Drogheda

1

10

Urban District Councils

Tipperary

1

4

Total

12

100

6

33

16

161

9

44

14

144

* Extension to existing sites.
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