Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 4 May 1976

Vol. 290 No. 4

Written Answers. - Local Authority Houses.

36.

Mr. L. Belton

asked the Minister for Local Government the number of local authority houses bought under (a) the 1970 and 1972 sales schemes and (b) the 1973-74 scheme in each county and county borough; and the gross selling price in the aggregate of all these houses under each scheme.

Minister for Local Government (Mr. Tully)

Information relating to the sale of local authority houses is not available in my Department in the form sought by the Deputy. The records of local authorities generally do not distinguish readily between houses sold under the 1970, 1972, and the July, 1973 schemes, respectively. The following table shows the number of houses sold in each county and county borough during the period 1970-71—1973-74 (inclusive):

Number of local authority houses sold.

Area	Financial Year
1970-71	1971-72	1972-73	1973-74
County
Carlow	38	23	217	34
Cavan	11	5	—	10
Clare	12	66	66	37
Cork	471	517	442	203
Donegal	273	6	122	89
Dublin	67	88	619	270
Galway	84	135	165	141
Kerry	51	37	52	44
Kildare	45	146	161	43
Kilkenny	90	92	55	47
Laoighis	48	35	26	23
Leitrim	3	3	2	—
Limerick	186	185	101	78
Longford	27	17	15	2
Louth	118	182	551	503
Mayo	9	72	80	48
Meath	73	178	127	217
Monaghan	84	57	22	12
Offaly	10	5	5	90
Roscommon	—	—	—	20
Sligo	—	—	43	33
Tipperary (N.R.)	76	55	29	159
Tipperary (S.R.)	161	107	65	34
Waterford	2	89	24	53
Westmeath	54	85	602	3
Wexford	40	95	76	104
Wicklow	—	56	50	47
County borough:
Cork	—	—	233	431
Dublin	1,422	1,989	1,952	1,231
Limerick	593	624	124	40
Waterford	124	307	420	55
Total	4,172	5,256	6,446	4,101

Local authorities have been requested to furnish corresponding data on houses sold by them during the transitional financial year April-December, 1974 and 1975. When this data comes to hand, it will be sent to the Deputy.

The information sought in the final part of the question is not available in the Department.