Paul McGrath
Question:517 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons on the council waiting list for housing in County Longford. [3472/05]
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Questions (466, 467)
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Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. N. Ahern)
The most recent statutory assessment of local authority housing need was undertaken by local authorities in March 2002. The number of households in need of housing in the two local authorities in County Longford at that time is set out in the following table.
|
Local authority |
No. of households on the waiting list at end March 2002 |
|
Longford County Council |
374 |
|
Longford Town Council |
159 |
Detailed information on the results of the 2002 assessment was published in my Department's September 2002 quarterly edition of the Housing Statistics Bulletin, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library. The next statutory assessment of need is due to be undertaken by local authorities in March 2005.
Paul McGrath
Question:518 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of council houses built in County Longford in each of the past five years. [3473/05]
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Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. N. Ahern)
Information on the number of houses completed by the two local authorities in County Longford for each of the past five years under the local authority housing construction-acquisition programme is set out in the following table.
|
Local authority |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 (end September) |
|
Longford County Council |
49 |
138 |
93 |
74 |
19 |
|
Longford Town Council |
18 |
8 |
34 |
2 |
0 |
Completions-acquisitions figures for the full year 2004 will be available in the 2004 annual Housing Statistics Bulletin which will be published in due course.