Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 21 Feb 1978

Vol. 303 No. 10

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Housing Waiting List.

15.

Mr. Horgan

asked the Minister for the Environment if he will state, in relation to the waiting list for houses in each local authority, the number of applicants that are (a) single persons, (b) married couples without dependants, (c) single persons with child dependants, (d) married couples with one child, (e) married couples with two children, (f) married couples with three children, and (g) married couples with more than three children.

Mr. Barrett

Information is not available to me in the form requested by the Deputy. I propose, however, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to have circulated with the Official Report a statement showing the information supplied by housing authorities of sizes of families comprised in the approved applications for rehousing on hands of these authorities at 30 September 1977.

Following is the statement:—

Housing Authority	Number of approved applications for local authority housing at 30 September 1977
Families of—	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
person	persons	persons	persons	persons	persons	or more persons
County Councils
Carlow	23	60	93	41	19	13	12	261
Cavan	88	99	87	42	21	15	33	385
Clare	19	62	68	32	21	10	6	218
Cork (North)	—	21	43	41	16	2	5	128
,, (South)	10	57	149	110	44	25	10	405
,, (West)*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Donegal	59	128	189	194	174	85	180	1,009
Dublin	170	551	608	295	98	33	37	1,792
Galway	23	83	77	48	24	20	26	301
Kerry	100	105	150	326	292	93	38	1,104
Kildare*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Kilkenny	—	13	43	19	15	5	5	100
Laois	29	80	80	24	13	7	14	247
Leitrim	33	34	28	30	22	20	32	199
Limerick	24	49	103	60	31	20	19	306
Longford	—	10	85	45	19	12	19	190
Louth	10	64	115	64	35	16	15	319
Mayo	308	304	172	152	118	72	102	1,228
Meath	21	123	213	165	81	30	63	696
Monaghan	114	145	104	63	40	16	17	499
Offaly	8	—	53	42	57	26	31	217
Roscommon	4	38	36	27	39	41	63	248
Sligo	20	29	26	24	9	15	25	148
Tipperary NR	14	29	48	25	22	23	37	198
Tipperary SR	119	69	30	9	3	1	1	232
Waterford	—	60	88	42	15	15	13	233
Westmeath	11	70	114	79	25	24	37	360
Wexford*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wicklow	31	116	152	85	35	21	24	464
County Borough Councils
Cork	215	338	484	207	114	52	61	1,471
Dublin	667	1,484	2,096	1,246	432	181	167	6,273
Limerick	85	129	383	111	17	17	14	756
Waterford	98	76	175	77	17	8	8	459
Urban District Councils
Arklow	—	—	29	17	2	2	2	52
Athlone	5	11	20	11	5	3	5	60
Athy	—	—	15	24	11	4	2	56
Ballina*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ballinasloe	10	21	17	11	4	3	8	74
Birr	—	5	17	4	2	2	3	33
Bray	4	53	88	36	13	8	8	210
Buncrana	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	3
Bundoran	—	—	1	10	—	—	—	11
Carlow	13	60	57	20	8	7	6	171
Carrickmacross	4	5	18	13	5	1	1	47
Carrick-on-Suir	16	15	55	16	5	2	—	109
Cashel	—	13	10	12	4	—	2	41
Castlebar	—	7	2	3	7	1	12	32
Castleblayney	45	24	23	8	6	1	—	107
Cavan	8	15	29	8	—	—	—	60
Ceanannus Mór	—	7	9	2	3	3	3	27
Clonakilty	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Clones	11	8	9	5	1	1	2	37
Clonmel	—	33	31	10	5	1	—	80
Cobh*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Drogheda*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Dundalk	77	114	88	32	21	8	10	350
Dungarvan	16	45	49	23	16	9	9	167
Dún Laoghaire	113	126	184	112	29	3	7	574
Ennis	—	14	14	2	—	1	1	32
Enniscorthy	2	1	3	1	1	—	—	8
Fermoy*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Galway	22	71	54	11	8	3	—	169
Kilkenny	42	49	72	21	7	2	3	196
Killarney	20	17	18	9	3	4	1	72
Kilrush	—	—	8	3	2	1	—	14
Kinsale*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Letterkenny	6	10	22	12	8	6	4	68
Listowel	14	6	15	6	2	1	1	45
Longford	—	2	33	21	3	10	4	73
Macroom	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mallow	—	3	14	14	3	2	1	37
Midleton	—	23	12	3	—	—	—	38
Monaghan	26	30	20	8	4	4	4	96
Naas*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Navan	11	11	11	4	1	—	3	41
Nenagh	5	17	28	10	9	2	7	78
New Ross	4	10	15	12	15	10	10	76
Skibbereen	1	8	9	5	1	2	2	28
Sligo	28	40	71	12	4	3	6	164
Templemore	6	5	4	2	1	—	—	18
Thurles	13	14	55	24	4	4	1	115
Tipperary	11	5	18	12	9	5	6	66
Tralee	51	50	52	25	11	5	5	199
Trim	4	7	15	8	4	—	—	38
Tullamore	1	16	30	9	1	1	1	59
Westport*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wexford	41	39	89	76	12	3	2	262
Wicklow	—	11	—	—	—	—	1	12
Youghal	—	7	32	30	11	3	6	89

NOTES:

1. Returns showing the required information have not been furnished to my Department by the housing authorities marked with an asterisk (*).

2. The figures for Dublin Corporation and Birr Urban District Council relate to the position at 31 October 1977 and 31 December, 1977 respectively.

Mr. Horgan

Can the Minister say whether these figures give any ground for the complacency in regard to the housing list as evidenced in the White Paper on Economic Development?

Mr. Barrett

All the categories in respect of which information was sought by the Deputy are included in the list.

Mr. Horgan

Can the Minister assure, for example, families with more than one child—these are stated in the White Paper to account for about 70 per cent of the total list—that they need have no fear as a result of the complacency indicated in the White Paper?

Mr. Barrett

I do not agree that there is complacency in the White Paper in this regard. However, the families the Deputy has in mind should have no need for fear in so far as the allocation of houses is concerned.