Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 July 2023
475. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Traveller-specific accommodation units delivered, under construction and going through the planning process as part of the Traveller Accommodation Programme 2019 to 2024, broken down by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35256/23]
View answerThe Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding.
The Act provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas.
The output of Traveller specific accommodation for each local authority in each of the years 2019-2022 is set out in the following table. Output figures for 2023 and 2024 are not yet available. My Department does not hold details on projects under construction and going through the planning process however this information may be available from the local authorities.
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Traveller Specific Accommodation Outputs |
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2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
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Total Outputs |
Total Outputs |
Total Outputs |
Total Outputs |
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|
Carlow |
15 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Cavan |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Clare |
1 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
|
Cork City |
1 |
23 |
9 |
25 |
|
Cork County |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
|
Donegal |
0 |
8 |
0 |
13 |
|
Dublin City |
9 |
15 |
2 |
40 |
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown |
0 |
11 |
2 |
12 |
|
Fingal |
1 |
8 |
4 |
15 |
|
Galway City |
0 |
19 |
17 |
6 |
|
Galway County |
10 |
21 |
0 |
8 |
|
Kerry |
0 |
18 |
0 |
2 |
|
Kildare |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
Kilkenny |
8 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
Laois |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Leitrim |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
|
Limerick City |
23 |
15 |
3 |
6 |
|
Longford |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
Louth |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
|
Mayo |
0 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
|
Meath |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
Monaghan |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
Offaly |
0 |
8 |
0 |
7 |
|
Roscommon |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
|
Sligo |
1 |
17 |
1 |
7 |
|
South Dublin |
0 |
10 |
9 |
13 |
|
Tipperary |
0 |
5 |
3 |
13 |
|
Waterford City |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Westmeath |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Wexford |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Wicklow |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
TOTAL |
91 |
206 |
69 |
197 |
