Local Authority Housing Rents

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Questions (678, 690)

Tom Fleming

Question:

678. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households that acquired council housing loans that were in arrears in each local authority in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47702/12]

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Tom Fleming

Question:

690. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households with council housing loans that were in arrears in each local authority in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the total number that were in arrears for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47713/12]

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Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government

I propose to take Questions Nos. 678 and 690 together.

My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy and those data are available on my Department’s website www.environ.ie .

Since 2010, data are collected from local authorities on the number of loans in arrears broken down by the length of time in arrears. The data to mid-2012 indicate that 6,280 such loans are in arrears of more than 90 days , which represents 28% of the total number of loans. The data are provided in a tabular format below.

County Councils	At the end of: 2010	At the end of: 2011	Number of loans in arrears over 90 days mid 2012
Carlow	39	44	49
Cavan	84	90	92
Clare	209	199	203
Cork	259	357	370
Donegal	144	169	165
DL/Rathdown	118	105	106
Fingal	129	180	212
Galway	172	176	195
Kerry	163	128	117
Kildare	400	399	379
Kilkenny	208	264	244
Laois	240	263	255
Leitrim	27	29	30
Limerick	168	157	164
Longford	105	109	116
Louth	145	118	102
Mayo	334	331	306
Meath	161	154	72
Monaghan	103	112	99
North Tipperary	106	94	90
Offaly	116	111	108
Roscommon	113	97	90
Sligo	211	178	183
South Dublin	126	136	152
South Tipperary	154	166	168
Waterford	100	109	111
Westmeath	334	337	347
Wexford	152	161	162
Wicklow	132	128	132
City Councils	-	-	-
Cork	222	212	206
Dublin	689	817	859
Galway	98	92	81
Limerick	136	132	131
Waterford	168	190	184
Total	6,065	6,344	6,280