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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 28 Nov 2002

Vol. 558 No. 3

Written Answers. - Traveller Halting Sites.

Paul McGrath

Question:

211 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of halting sites per local authority here; the number of bays in each of those sites; and the present number of families occupying each of those sites. [24136/02]

The information requested in relation to the number of halting sites is set out in the following table.

While the number of families occupying these sites varies, the annual count of Traveller families taken on 30 November 2001 and the most recent such information available, showed that there was a total of 1,192 families living on local authority halting sites. Details of the number of families on sites is not available in my Department.

Local Authority

Number ofSites

Number ofUnits

Carlow County Council

1

4

Cavan County Council

0

0

Clare County Council

4

32

Cork (North) County Council

3

6

Cork (South) County Council

5

18

Cork (West) County Council

2

7

Donegal County Council

15

49

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

5

20

Fingal County Council

10

137

Galway County Council

6

43

Kerry County Council

3

20

Kildare County Council

4

17

Kilkenny County Council

3

13

Laois County Council

2

34

Longford County Council

0

0

Leitrim County Council

2

19

Limerick County Council

4

27

Louth County Council

0

0

Mayo County Council

1

6

Meath County Council

3

42

Monaghan County Council

2

12

North Tipperary County Council

5

22

Offaly County Council

0

0

Roscommon County Council

3

23

Sligo County Council

2

13

South Dublin County Council

12

209

South Tipperary County Council

3

5

Waterford County Council

0

0

Westmeath County Council

2

19

Wexford County Council

4

18

Wicklow County Council

3

20

Total

109

835

Cork City Council

4

46

Dublin City Council

8

126

Galway City Council

5

34

Limerick City Council

6

39

Waterford City Council

1

6

Total

24

251

Clonmel Borough Council

1

5

Drogheda Borough Council

1

10

Kilkenny Borough Council

0

0

Sligo Borough Council

3

18

Wexford Borough Council

0

0

Total

5

33

Local Authority

Number ofSites

Number ofUnits

Bray Town Council

1

5

Cavan Town Council

1

12

Dundalk Town Council

1

15

Dungarvan Town Council

2

11

Longford Town Council

1

16

Templemore Town Council

1

2

Tipperary Town Council

1

4

Tralee Town Council

2

6

Tullamore Town Council

1

16

Wicklow Town Council

1

1

Total

12

88

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