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Planning Issues.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 2 February 2005

Wednesday, 2 February 2005

Questions (289)

Paul Kehoe

Question:

349 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of planning permissions granted to one-off rural housing per month for the past two years by all of the county councils in the country; and the breakdown of the figures per county. [3088/05]

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Since the second quarter of 2002 the CSO's planning permissions quarterly statistical release has included information on the number of planning permissions granted for one off houses classified on a regional basis. This information has also been published on a county basis since the second quarter of 2004. The most recently published statistical release is in respect of the third quarter of 2004. The following table sets out the relevant information and is derived from the CSO data.

Table: Number of planning permissions granted for new one-off houses, by quarter, classified by region and county from the CSO planning permissions data series

Region and County

Q2 2002

Q3 2002

Q4 2002

Q1 2003

Q2 2003

Q3 2003

Q4 2003

Q1 2004

Q2 2004

Q3 2004

Border

791

961

808

722

799

1,039

889

1,287

1,715

1,384

Cavan

326

152

Donegal

832

649

Leitrim

126

131

Louth

143

141

Monaghan

150

207

Sligo

138

104

Midland

303

360

238

322

289

316

308

444

465

381

Laois

123

70

Longford

111

88

Offaly

120

125

Westmeath

111

98

West

662

982

807

871

1,140

891

975

1,218

1,229

1,212

Galway City

9

13

Galway

665

561

Mayo

325

419

Roscommon

230

219

Dublin

150

176

162

196

199

211

202

250

233

277

Dublin City

83

103

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

42

53

Fingal

68

70

South Dublin

40

51

Mid-East

310

333

232

274

264

289

285

299

305

355

Kildare

148

140

Meath

119

136

Wicklow

38

79

Mid-West

384

453

411

471

399

498

461

736

690

558

Clare

272

215

Limerick City

2

1

Limerick

246

237

North Tipperary

170

105

South-East

536

581

537

528

537

624

592

687

794

791

Carlow

65

66

Kilkenny

162

157

South Tipperary

141

102

Waterford City

7

6

Waterford

148

133

Wexford

271

327

South-West

645

831

749

709

709

785

768

920

1,052

1,088

Cork City

11

16

Cork

584

738

Kerry

457

334

State

3,791

4,677

3,944

4,093

4,336

4,653

4,480

5,841

6,483

6,046

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