asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will state in respect of each county board of health district the number of applications made by the occupiers of labourers' cottages for the transfer to them of the ownership of the cottages they occupy and the number of cases in which the ownership of such cottages has been transferred to the occupiers under the Labourers Act, 1936, and the total number of cottages affected by such transfers.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Ownership of Labourers' Cottages.
The latest available information supplied by local authorities has been prepared in tabular form and will be circulated with the Official Report.
The following is the tabular statement:—
LABOURERS' ACTS, 1936.
Number of Applications for Purchase to 31st March, 1940, and Number of Cottages vested to 31st October, 1940.
|
Board of Health |
Total Applications for Purchase to 31/3/40 |
Number Vested to 31/10/40 |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
|
Carlow |
16 |
Nil |
|
Cavan |
735 |
293 |
|
Clare |
133 |
Nil |
|
Cork, North |
186 |
Nil |
|
Cork, South |
287 |
Nil |
|
Cork, West |
85 |
Nil |
|
Donegal |
216 |
3 |
|
Dublin |
219 |
Nil |
|
Galway |
274 |
Nil |
|
Kerry |
457 |
Nil |
|
Kildare |
81 |
42 |
|
Kilkenny |
234 |
Nil |
|
Laoighis |
104 |
Nil |
|
Leitrim |
80 |
Nil |
|
Limerick |
265 |
Nil |
|
Longford |
314 |
Nil |
|
Louth |
447 |
Nil |
|
Mayo |
156 |
Nil |
|
Meath |
324 |
Nil |
|
Monaghan |
167 |
Nil |
|
Offaly |
220 |
Nil |
|
Roscommon |
182 |
135 |
|
Sligo |
269 |
Nil |
|
Tipperary, N.R. |
324 |
333 |
|
Tipperary, S.R. |
367 |
Nil |
|
Waterford |
174 |
Nil |
|
Westmeath |
200 |
Nil |
|
Wexford |
119 |
Nil |
|
Wicklow |
31 |
Nil |
|
TOTAL |
6,666 |
806 |