With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 18 and 19 together.
The precise information requested by the Deputy is not available. On the basis of a cross-section of tenders approved in the present year, averages of £2,747 and £2,153 have been calculated for 5-roomed houses in Dublin city and elsewhere, respectively. The highest prices approved for 5-roomed houses in these areas in the same period were £2,872 and £2,503 respectively.
There is no information available in my Department as to the average price charged for houses other than those provided by housing authorities.
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