asked the Minister for Finance the total sum represented by requests for issues from the local loans fund at present with his Department; and if he will have circulated in the Official Report the full list of these requests, giving the individual amount, the local authority from which the request came, the purpose for which the money is required, and the date on which the request was received.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Local Loans Fund Issues.
36.
The total sum represented by requests for issues from the Local Loans Fund at present with my Department is £1.6 million.
The further information requested by the Deputy has been prepared in tabular form. I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to have it circulated with the Official Report.
Following is the further information:—
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Date of Receipt of Request—1965 |
Local Authority |
Amount |
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£ |
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I. Housing: |
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|
22 November |
Clare County Council |
65,000 |
|
Arklow Urban District Council |
23,530 |
|
|
,,,,,,,, |
15,000 |
|
|
Westmeath County Council |
50,000 |
|
|
23 November |
Thurles Urban District Council |
8,650 |
|
Limerick Corporation |
47,000 |
|
|
,,,, |
10,000 |
|
|
Waterford County Council |
85,500 |
|
|
,,,,,, |
36,900 |
|
|
24 November |
Cork County Council (South) |
7,000 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
15,000 |
|
|
25 November |
Clonmel Corporation |
10,000 |
|
Limerick Corporation |
37,000 |
|
|
Laois County Council |
6,200 |
|
|
26 November |
Wicklow Urban District Council |
5,000 |
|
Carlow County Council |
14,000 |
|
|
Athlone Urban District Council |
5,000 |
|
|
29 November |
Louth County Council |
2,980 |
|
Leitrim ,, ,, |
10,000 |
|
|
Corporation of Drogheda |
40,000 |
|
|
Corporation of Limerick |
50,000 |
|
|
Thurles Urban District Council |
1,400 |
|
|
30 November |
Arklow Urban District Council |
4,500 |
|
Athlone ,,,,,, |
1,200 |
|
|
Dublin County Council |
3,500 |
|
|
1 December |
Tipperary (N R) County Council |
40,000 |
|
Mayo County Council |
5,000 |
|
|
Youghal Urban District Council |
6,000 |
|
|
Laois County Council |
8,000 |
|
|
2 December |
Clonmel Corporation |
9,500 |
|
Limerick Corporation |
10,000 |
|
|
3 December |
Donegal County Council |
10,000 |
|
,,,,,, |
6,000 |
|
|
,,,,,, |
15,000 |
|
|
,,,,,, |
15,000 |
|
|
,,,,,, |
15,000 |
|
|
Cavan County Council |
7,000 |
|
|
Kildare ,,,, |
10,000 |
|
|
Dublin,,,, |
100,000 |
|
|
6 December |
,,,,,, |
23,500 |
|
Kilkenny,,,, |
2,400 |
|
|
,,,,,, |
16,600 |
|
|
Limerick,,,, |
10,000 |
|
|
7 December |
Cork County Council (North) |
1,000 |
|
8 December |
Dungarvan Urban District Council |
2,950 |
|
Enniscorthy Urban District Council |
4,500 |
|
|
10 December |
Kerry County Council |
40,000 |
|
,,,,,, |
45,000 |
|
|
Offaly ,,,, |
2,000 |
|
|
Limerick Corporation |
1,000 |
|
|
Wexford Borough Council |
10,000 |
|
|
Kinsale Urban District Council |
2,600 |
|
|
£972,410 |
|
Date of Receipt of Request—1965 |
Local Authority |
Amount |
|
|
£ |
|||
|
II. Sanitary Services: |
|||
|
23 November |
Donegal County Council |
10,010 |
|
|
,,,, |
2,500 |
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|
24 ,, |
Longford |
,,,, |
1,000 |
|
25 ,, |
Cork County Council (South) |
6,000 |
|
|
Galway County Council |
5,350 |
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|
26 ,, |
Donegal |
,,,, |
4,980 |
|
,,,, |
8,600 |
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|
Louth |
,,,, |
5,000 |
|
|
29 ,, |
Carlow |
,,,, |
3,720 |
|
30 ,, |
Cork |
,,,,(South) |
4,000 |
|
,,,,(North) |
2,000 |
||
|
Roscommon County Council |
1,500 |
||
|
Athlone Urban District Council |
2,016 |
||
|
1 December |
Wexford County Council |
20,800 |
|
|
Kerry |
,,,, |
10,000 |
|
|
Waterford |
,,,, |
2,000 |
|
|
Mayo |
,,,, |
264 |
|
|
2 December |
Kerry |
,,,, |
2,000 |
|
,,,, |
1,610 |
||
|
Meath |
,,,, |
16,000 |
|
|
Limerick |
,,,, |
11,000 |
|
|
Westmeath |
,,,, |
13,000 |
|
|
Tipperary (N R) County Council |
4,100 |
||
|
3 December |
Sligo Corporation |
3,000 |
|
|
6 December |
Mayo County Council |
1,980 |
|
|
,,,, |
5,000 |
||
|
Dublin |
,,,, |
6,960 |
|
|
Offaly |
,,,, |
2,000 |
|
|
Meath |
,,,, |
6,850 |
|
|
7 December |
Kilkenny |
,,,, |
12,750 |
|
,,,, |
14,476 |
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|
8 December |
Dublin |
,,,, |
3,400 |
|
Mayo |
,,,, |
3,800 |
|
|
Cork |
,,,,(South) |
12,000 |
|
|
10 December |
Laois |
,,,, |
5,000 |
|
TOTAL |
£214,666 |
|
Date of Receipt of Request—1965 |
Local Authority |
Amount |
|
|
£ |
|||
|
III. Vocational Schools: |
|||
|
22 November |
Galway County Council |
56 |
|
|
Cork Vocational Education Committee. |
175,000 |
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|
Cavan |
,,,,,, |
1,184 |
|
|
24 ,, |
City of Dublin |
,,,, |
120,000 |
|
25 ,, |
Laois County Council |
8,200 |
|
|
26 ,, |
Clare |
,,,, |
4,000 |
|
Co. Donegal Vocational Education Committee. |
14,670 |
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|
29 ,, |
Galway County Council. |
2,822 |
|
|
3 December |
Leitrim |
,,,, |
850 |
|
6 ,, |
Kerry |
,,,, |
4,070 |
|
Meath |
,,,, |
3,180 |
|
|
,,,,,, |
1,190 |
||
|
TOTAL |
£335,222 |
|
Date of Receipt of Request—1965 |
Local Authority |
Amount |
|
£ |
||
|
IV. Health Services: |
||
|
22 November |
Tipperary Mental Health Board. |
10,380 |
|
22 ,, |
Cork Health Authority. |
13,520 |
|
26 ,, |
Laois County Council. |
2,000 |
|
1 December |
Monaghan County Council. |
10,000 |
|
1 ,, |
Donegal County Council. |
3,040 |
|
6 ,, |
Laois County Council. |
10,400 |
|
7 ,, |
Tipperary Mental Health Board. |
7,620 |
|
7 ,, |
Mayo County Council. |
2,500 |
|
TOTAL |
£59,460 |
Is the Minister not aware that the failure by the Department to issue loans from the Local Loans Fund has created a very embarrassing situation for a number of people who are building their own houses? Would the Minister not try to expedite matters so as to prevent people being taken to court for payment of houses which have been built and which they cannot pay for, unless they get the money from the Local Loans Fund?
I understand the total issued from the Local Loans Fund from 1st April to 30th November, 1965 amounted to £12.56 million, as compared with £8.55 million, in the same period last year. I understand also that the issue of these loans which has not yet been approved by the Minister for Finance will be arranged in the not very distant future.
Surely the Minister will agree that comparison with the money paid last year is very cold comfort for those who are looking for money this year? In my local authority, we have bespoken, or promised, £94,500 to housebuilders and people who are building their own houses and we applied for a £100,000 loan several months ago. Surely in ordinary common decency the Department should make money available to local authorities?
I have already said the issue of these loans will be approved in the not too distant future, probably early in the new year.
In the meantime, does the Minister not appreciate, as Deputy Tully has said, that people building their own houses who owe money to contractors are being charged interest by the contractors for the money due?
I am aware of that, but the total amount issued in these loans during the current financial year will be in excess of that issued last year.
That is no consolation to the fellow who owes money and who is being charged interest by the builder.