Local Authority Housing Mortgages

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 1 May 2013

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Questions (154)

Seán Fleming

Question:

154. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of mortgage accounts issued by local authorities; the total value of the balance on these accounts at the end of December 2012; the number and the percentage in arrears over 90 days for local authorities and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20602/13]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Deputy Jan O'Sullivan)

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.

Data on the number of house purchase mortgages approved an d paid out by local authorities up to end 2012 are included within this range. Data on the total number of local authority mortgages outstanding, the total value of the accounts and the arrears arising are available up to Q3 2012 and the data for the remainder of 2012 will be published in due course.