Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 February 2005
75 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing units delivered to date by each local authority under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; if he has sought explanations from those local authorities which have delivered little or no housing under this provision to determine the reason for this failure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3878/05]
View answer137 Mr. O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social and affordable houses acquired to date by local authorities under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; the number he expects will be acquired during 2005; if he has satisfied himself with this rate of progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3903/05]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 75 and 137 together.
I refer to the reply to Question No. 80 of 9 December 2004.
From information supplied by local authorities to my Department, a total of 390 social and affordable housing units have been acquired under Part V agreements with developers up to the end of September 2004. A breakdown by each local authority is set out in the following table.
|
Units Acquired January 2002 To September 2004 |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
|
County Councils* |
Affordable Housing |
Social Housing |
Total Output |
|
Cork |
7 |
3 |
10 |
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown |
0 |
29 |
29 |
|
Fingal |
149 |
72 |
221 |
|
Galway |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Kildare |
10 |
14 |
24 |
|
Kilkenny |
0 |
6 |
6 |
|
Louth |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Mayo |
18 |
0 |
18 |
|
Meath |
16 |
2 |
18 |
|
Roscommon |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Sligo |
0 |
6 |
6 |
|
South Dublin |
12 |
0 |
12 |
|
South Tipperary |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Waterford |
1 |
15 |
16 |
|
Westmeath |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Wicklow |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
City Councils |
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|
Dublin |
9 |
2 |
11 |
|
Waterford |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Totals |
236 |
154 |
390 |
