asked the Minister for the Environment the number of approved housing applicants in each housing authority area as at 31 December 1979.
Written Answers. - Housing Applicants.
Details of the number of approved applications for rehousing on hands of local housing authorities in each area at 31 December 1979, are not available to my Department. The following is a statement of the position at 30 September 1979:
Approved applications for rehousing on hands of local housing authorities at 30th September, 1979
Housing Authority |
Number of approved1 applications |
County Councils: |
|
Carlow |
197 |
Cavan |
521 |
Clare |
177 |
Cork (North) |
289 |
Cork (South) |
260 |
Cork (West) |
not available |
County Councils: |
|
Donegal |
726 |
Dublin |
1,590 |
Galway |
423 |
Kerry |
1,067 |
Kildare |
not available |
Kilkenny |
44 |
Laois |
220 |
Leitrim |
180 |
Limerick |
445 |
Longford |
369 |
Louth |
299 |
Mayo |
988 |
Meath |
681 |
Monaghan |
352 |
Offaly |
203 |
Roscommon |
315 |
Sligo |
147 |
Tipperary N.R. |
175 |
Tipperary S.R. |
221 |
Waterford |
146 |
Westmeath |
213 |
Wexford |
1,354 |
Wicklow |
450 |
County Boroughs: |
|
Cork |
1,305 |
Dublin |
5,463 |
Limerick |
794 |
Waterford |
517 |
Urban District Councils: |
|
Arklow |
71 |
Athlone |
103 |
Athy |
81 |
Ballina |
184 |
Ballinasloe |
104 |
Birr |
18 |
Bray |
291 |
Buncrana |
6 |
Bundoran |
12 |
Carlow |
134 |
Carrickmacross |
87 |
Carrick-on-Suir |
62 |
Cashel |
46 |
Castlebar |
44 |
Castleblayney |
66 |
Cavan |
120 |
Ceanannus Mór |
not available |
Clonakilty |
19 |
Clones |
54 |
Clonmel |
58 |
Cobh |
193 |
Drogheda |
not available |
Dundalk |
333 |
Dungarvan |
118 |
Dún Laoghaire |
356 |
Ennis |
34 |
Enniscorthy |
not available |
Fermoy |
not available |
Galway |
268 |
Kilkenny |
315 |
Killarney |
99 |
Kilrush |
19 |
Kinsale |
not available |
Urban District Councils: (contd.) |
|
Letterkenny |
103 |
Listowel |
43 |
Longford |
181 |
Macroom |
10 |
Mallow |
77 |
Midleton |
44 |
Monaghan |
72 |
Naas |
not available |
Navan |
35 |
Nenagh |
80 |
New Ross |
50 |
Skibbereen |
Nil |
Sligo |
350 |
Templemore |
44 |
Thurles |
17 |
Tipperary |
146 |
Tralee |
301 |
Trim |
36 |
Tullamore |
116 |
Westport |
83 |
Wexford |
267 |
Wicklow |
40 |
Youghal |
8 |
Notes:
1. The figures in the statement are based on returns submitted to my Department by local housing authorities and relate to applications which they had on hands at 30th September, 1979, the latest date for which the information is available to my Department.
2. The figure for Dublin Corporation relates to the position at 1st January, 1980.