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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 28 Mar 1996

Vol. 463 No. 5

Written Answers. - Local Authority Rent Arrears.

John Ellis

Question:

83 Mr. Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment the total amount of rent arrears due to each local authority. [6823/96]

Returns from local authorities, who are responsible for the collection of their housing rents, indicate that at 31 December 1994 the arrears were some £13 million. A breakdown of this amount by authority follows:

County Boroughs

Rent Arrears

£

Cork

724,935

Dublin

6,600,000

Galway

146,757

Limerick

197,076

Waterford

167,797

Total

7,836,565

County Councils

Rent Arrears

£

Carlow

21,238

Cavan

73,024

Clare

88,017

Cork North

57,881

Cork South

44,336

Cork West

24,566

Donegal

237,508

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

533,133

Fingal

135,000

Galway

171,805

Kerry

177,826

Kildare

374,400

Kilkenny

117,796

Laois

145,204

Leitrim

169,357

Limerick

60,052

Longford

94,200

Louth

48,638

Mayo

615,098

Meath

207,711

Monaghan

12,485

Offaly

64,847

Roscommon

97,453

Sligo

63,327

South Dublin

435,108

Tipperary North

51,281

Tipperary South

45,400

Waterford

41,018

Westmeath

37,310

Wexford

100,000

Wicklow

76,946

Total

4,421,965

Borough Corporations

Rent Arrears

£

Clonmel

40,588

Drogheda

42,073

Kilkenny

5,535

Sligo

14,684

Wexford

75,413

Total

178,293

Urban Districts

Rent Arrears

£

Arklow

4,579

Athlone

13,661

Athy

4,935

Ballina

81,975

Ballinasloe

1,872

Birr

16,895

Bray

9,919

Buncrana

8,508

Bundoran

3,300

Carlow

26,391

Carrickmacross

668

Carrick-on-Suir

1,902

Cashel

4,000

Castlebar

20,000

Castleblayney

1,295

Cavan

11,513

Ceannus Mór

8,489

Clonakilty

3,614

Clones

3,454

Cobh

11,392

Dundalk

68,106

Dungarvan

9,825

Ennis

21,700

Enniscorthy

42,327

Fermoy

17,206

Killarney

2,150

Kilrush

2,899

Kinsale

228

Letterkenny

6,331

Listowel

2,726

Longford

72,688

Macroom

4,577

Mallow

14,22

Midleton

5,340

Monaghan

13,783

Naas

90,416

Navan

3,605

Nenagh

19,382

New Ross

55,470

Skibbereen

5,225

Templemore

16,903

Thurles

17,205

Tipperary

8,797

Tralee

53,356

Trim

3,821

Tullamore

85,867

Westport

3,729

Wicklow

32,814

Total

919,059

Town Commissioners

Rent Arrears

£

Ardee

333

Ballyshannon

219

Bandon

210

Belturbet

13

Cootehill

5,249

Droichead Nua

2,017

Kilkee

152

Mountmellick

127

Muinebheag

203

Passage West

1,600

Portlaoise

806

Tuam

170

Total

11,098

Overall Total

13,366,980

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