Vol. 473 No. 4
233 Mr. D. Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a large proportion of housing applicants in the Dundalk Urban District Council area are in urgent need of rehousing; and if he will make a statement on the matter outlining his plans to address this situation. [25199/96]
The assessment of housing need carried out by Dundalk Urban District Council in March 1996 showed 268 approved applicants for local authority housing, compared with a figure of 296 under the previous assessment in March 1993. I will notify each local authority shortly of the number of houses which the authority is authorised to build or acquire under its 1997 housing programme. Overall, the funding available in 1997 for the local authority housing programme and the other social housing measures will enable the needs of some 10,000 households to be met this year.
