asked the Minister for the Environment in relation to 1980, (a) the number of houses each local authority has under construction, (b) the number of new starts planned by each authority and (c) the number of completions each authority expects to achieve.
Written Answers. - Local Authority Housing.
Information under all of the headings requested by the Deputy is not available. The data available to my Department from housing authorities is set out in the statement below. I expect local authority housing completions to total about 6,000 dwellings in 1980.
Following is the statement:
Housing Authority |
Number of Dwellings |
||
Under construction |
At tender |
In planning |
|
County Councils |
|||
Carlow |
61 |
12 |
7 |
Cavan |
25 |
66 |
219 |
Clare |
126 |
40 |
44 |
Cork (North) |
93 |
75 |
64 |
Cork (South) |
168 |
129 |
46 |
Cork (West) |
31 |
22 |
6 |
Donegal |
220 |
380 |
126 |
Dublin |
944 |
342 |
2,204 |
Galway |
100 |
97 |
442 |
Kerry |
225 |
76 |
402 |
Kildare |
200 |
41 |
713 |
Kilkenny |
115 |
22 |
583 |
Laois |
147 |
41 |
89 |
Leitrim |
40 |
57 |
66 |
Limerick |
146 |
82 |
9 |
Longford |
54 |
96 |
70 |
Louth |
46 |
11 |
173 |
Mayo |
247 |
120 |
344 |
Meath |
140 |
19 |
24 |
Monaghan |
60 |
23 |
31 |
Offaly |
115 |
16 |
299 |
Roscommon |
86 |
49 |
359 |
Sligo |
18 |
62 |
91 |
Tipperary N.R. |
95 |
61 |
181 |
Tipperary S.R. |
126 |
26 |
243 |
Waterford |
56 |
11 |
— |
Westmeath |
43 |
— |
121 |
Wexford |
163 |
40 |
146 |
Wicklow |
300 |
2 |
140 |
County Borough Corporations |
|||
Cork |
468 |
190 |
439 |
Dublin |
2,007 |
611 |
5,738 |
Limerick |
274 |
89 |
2,105 |
Waterford |
80 |
86 |
87 |
Urban District Councils and Borough Corporations |
|||
Arklow |
30 |
— |
124 |
Athlone |
8 |
28 |
180 |
Athy |
50 |
— |
117 |
Ballina |
— |
44 |
91 |
Ballinasloe |
8 |
— |
38 |
Birr |
18 |
— |
5 |
Bray |
— |
65 |
94 |
Buncrana |
— |
— |
28 |
Bundoran |
14 |
— |
— |
Carlow |
34 |
— |
30 |
Carrickmacross |
— |
44 |
— |
Carrick-on-Suir |
— |
31 |
— |
Cashel |
— |
52 |
60 |
Castlebar |
— |
— |
153 |
Castleblayney |
— |
— |
— |
Cavan |
— |
— |
20 |
Ceanannus Mor |
10 |
— |
7 |
Clonakilty |
— |
— |
— |
Clones |
— |
24 |
— |
Clonmel |
— |
— |
— |
Cobh |
— |
— |
56 |
Drogheda |
123 |
— |
198 |
Dundalk |
85 |
- |
193 |
Dungarvan |
13 |
26 |
— |
Dun Laoghaire |
— |
175 |
175 |
Ennis |
64 |
20 |
— |
Enniscorthy |
43 |
— |
— |
Fermoy |
— |
— |
25 |
Galway |
98 |
97 |
— |
Kilkenny |
44 |
2 |
3 |
Killarney |
14 |
— |
— |
Kilrush |
20 |
— |
12 |
Kinsale |
16 |
— |
— |
Letterkenny |
20 |
— |
— |
Listowel |
— |
— |
— |
Longford |
6 |
— |
— |
Macroom |
17 |
— |
— |
Mallow |
40 |
— |
— |
Midleton |
— |
21 |
45 |
Monaghan |
— |
44 |
38 |
Naas |
28 |
— |
27 |
Navan |
— |
— |
— |
Nenagh |
30 |
— |
— |
New Ross |
24 |
19 |
61 |
Skibbereen |
— |
— |
— |
Sligo |
115 |
— |
251 |
Templemore |
27 |
— |
— |
Thurles |
— |
— |
74 |
Tipperary |
59 |
42 |
— |
Tralee |
140 |
— |
85 |
Trim |
5 |
— |
— |
Tullamore |
50 |
— |
— |
Westport |
— |
42 |
— |
Wexford |
— |
54 |
192 |
Wicklow |
— |
— |
59 |
Youghal |
40 |
— |
9 |
Note:
The figures in the statement relate to the position at 31 January 1980, the latest date for which comprehensive figures for all housing authorities are available. The figures include demountable, prefabricated and mobile units.