Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 26 Nov 2002

Vol. 558 No. 1

Written Answers. - Local Authority Housing.

Phil Hogan

Question:

453 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of persons on the housing list in respect of Kilkenny County Council and Kilkenny Borough Council for each year from September 1997 to September 2002 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23304/02]

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government (Mr. N. Ahern)

Assessments of local authority housing needs are undertaken on a triennial basis and the results of the assessment carried out by local authorities in March 2002 were published recently. The previous assessments were carried out in 1998 and 1999 and 1996 and the information in relation to these assessments is set out in the following table:

Local Authority Housing Needs

	1996	1999	2002
Kilkenny County Council	231	329	354
Kilkenny Borough Council	177	277	167

Phil Hogan

Question:

454 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of houses built by Kilkenny County Council and Kilkenny Borough Council annually from 1997 to 2002 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23305/02]

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government (Mr. N. Ahern)

The number of houses completed/ acquired by Kilkenny County Council and Kilkenny Borough Council under their local authority housing programmes for the years 1997 to 2001 and to the end of June 2002 is set out in the following table:

Local Authority	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002Jan-June
Kilkenny County Council	29	38	41	34	71	12
Kilkenny Borough Council	6	10	6	21	12	8

House completions-acquisitions for both authorities for the full year 2002 will be published in my Department's annual housing statistics bulletin.