Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 19 Apr 1988

Vol. 379 No. 6

Written Answers. - Local Authority Houses.

218.

Mr. Molloy

asked the Minister for the Environment the total number of approved applicants for local authority houses in each local authority area in each year since 1980; and the number of local authority dwellings completed in the same period.

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment (Mr. Connolly)

The tables being circulated with the Official Report set out details of the number of approved applicants for local authority housing and the number of new local authority dwellings completed by each authority each year 1980 to 1987.

Approved Applicants for Local Authority Housing at 31 December each year 1980-1987

	1980*	1981**	1982***	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987
County Councils
Carlow	215	230	176	237	246	257	256	173
Cavan	413	422	409	420	376	227	175	240
Clare	201	308	306	182	237	213	135	146
Cork (North)	359	373	390	446	373	484	519	525
Cork (South)	234	244	213	162	180	70	120	77
Cork (West)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Donegal	1,350	2,016	2,020	1,817	1,429	1,428	1,363	1,311
Dublin	1,651	1,812	1,724	1,682	1,109	818	756	722
Galway	274	319	369	330	502	406	280	304
Kerry	807	689	950	560	600	645	617	519
Kildare	100	60	350	617	796	833	435	385
Kilkenny	142	356	447	405	580	215	121	106
Laois	226	282	252	204	210	87	123	112
Leitrim	268	229	304	296	314	200	250	239
Limerick	373	743	684	467	318	260	433	174
Longford	375	385	380	352	418	169	172	163
Louth	243	356	400	392	429	385	474	363
Mayo	904	1,014	1,036	934	815	750	700	593
Meath	667	751	936	899	725	795	653	608
Monaghan	511	232	323	527	480	374	299	333
Offaly	210	267	266	222	208	80	182	217
Roscommon	242	101	82	82	167	225	254	196
Sligo	194	171	215	266	284	159	223	170
Tipperary NR	201	216	193	194	172	130	115	138
Tipperary SR	239	290	270	276	265	269	261	244
Waterford	140	128	147	153	125	120	95	106
Westmeath	201	252	196	252	206	137	148	129
Wexford	1,347	1,544	1,514	1,246	1,312	735	612	693
Wicklow	446	360	690	562	528	406	409	203
Total (I)	12,533	14,150	15,242	14,182	13,404	10,877	10,180	9,189
County Boroughs
Cork	1,385	1,282	1,229	1,246	1,226	1,353	1,228	875
Dublin	6,845	6,732	6,665	6,714	5,023	4,484	3,751	3,696
Galway	210	206	242	297	265	178	176	204
Limerick	810	838	711	601	548	408	385	391
Waterford	616	533	732	513	572	514	541	448
Total (II)	9,866	9,591	9,579	9,371	7,634	6,937	6,081	5,614
Totals of (I)
(II) and (III)	27,708	28,945	29,944	28,937	26,403	22,345	20,637	18,561

*30/9/80; **31/10/81; ***31/10/82.

	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987
Urban District Councils
Arklow	112	108	101	115	139	131	97	109
Athlone	158	186	193	132	150	47	77	28
Athy	120	91	93	84	76	56	73	58
Ballina	118	123	123	100	63	31	14	26
Ballinasloe	63	86	94	43	119	90	93	118
Birr	23	43	23	53	52	27	29	46
Bray	325	302	318	313	231	233	204	215
Buncrana	57	97	71	12	Nil	56	58	31
Bundoran	21	11	15	17	22	15	6	7
Carlow	168	182	151	228	219	138	330	165
Carrickmacross	85	38	56	65	59	36	50	50
Carrick-on-Suir	51	97	68	70	34	87	100	27
Cashel	26	65	46	42	27	43	23	43
Castlebar	38	13	Nil	Nil	86	96	27	35
Castleblayney	61	69	55	64	32	22	49	31
Cavan	43	53	61	80	68	70	65	15
Ceanannus Mór	22	57	51	58	47	60	27	24
Clonakilty	22	15	17	Nil	1	28	63	32
Clones	53	52	30	26	30	27	29	18
Clonmel	98	71	69	106	93	37	6	27
Cobh	154	146	97	126	116	136	109	86
Drogheda	270	176	183	201	193	173	148	190
Dundalk	367	200	200	95	269	229	217	231
Dungarvan	129	169	169	104	35	113	73	77
Dún Laoghaire	434	413	498	492	472	195	344	326
Ennis	107	40	35	35	50	16	16	68
Enniscorthy	Nil	146	130	Nil	77	44	73	51
Fermoy	64	38	208	125	173	78	59	60
Kilkenny	268	275	242	280	327	145	123	101
Killarney	124	74	45	65	73	52	46	36
Kilrush	28	46	65	58	68	78	64	9
Kinsale	Nil	Nil	8	Nil	15	16	18	9
Letterkenny	98	48	47	47	74	121	107	105
Listowel	52	52	71	67	60	103	57	42
Longford	183	186	213	185	264	258	106	80
Macroom	20	20	11	31	6	20	18	23
Mallow	59	64	64	51	75	93	59	62
Midleton	75	83	75	117	98	43	102	60
Monaghan	86	88	74	102	108	67	50	70
Naas	Nil	Nil	57	78	15	24	28	53
Navan	29	34	81	42	55	86	43	25
Nenagh	74	21	7	67	62	60	64	18
New Ross	15	12	29	78	170	33	65	65†
Skibbereen	23	Nil	5	5	1	7	15	4
Sligo	371	320	314	400	200	230	225	223
Templemore	Nil	27	28	28	32	Nil	4	20
Thurles	52	134	N/A	144	60	85	110	94
Tipperary	66	64	81	78	57	61	69	57
Tralee	206	240	211	203	135	113	160	154
Trim	26	16	12	21	21	30	17	16
Tullamore	63	58	16	32	Nil	Nil	74	41
Westport	29	23	23	23	74	85	93	70
Wexford	125	120	79	200	106	142	65	37
Wicklow	34	110	110	99	186	194	102	55
Youghal	14	2	Nil	97	90	71	33	35
Total (III)	5,309	5,204	5,123	5,384	5,365	4,531	4,376	3,758

†1986 figure used.

New Local Authority Dwellings Provided 1980-1987

	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987
County Councils
Carlow	45	56	40	11	72	63	42	55
Cavan	12	29	86	16	96	29	11	45
Clare	92	62	112	81	60	65	40	15
Cork (North)	87	70	84	106	101	125	71	18
Cork (South)	69	119	128	55	107	163	71	126
Cork (West)	27	27	41	8	46	17	27	25
Donegal	161	176	152	274	345	197	272	141
Dublin	576	578	532	505	605	568	603	190
Galway	121	115	138	128	200	153	218	99
Kerry	182	149	181	245	234	195	175	92
Kildare	45	157	44	87	141	135	84	41
Kilkenny	100	86	52	61	87	54	105	51
Laois	107	55	44	105	54	97	72	30
Leitrim	54	56	58	51	80	76	69	44
Limerick	61	40	116	139	113	168	168	94
Longford	79	21	73	32	38	55	61	27
Louth	19	38	18	17	13	53	11	37
Mayo	217	127	157	167	280	170	130	175
Meath	124	92	85	114	132	168	128	61
Monaghan	58	28	26	37	61	62	49	—
Offaly	61	51	106	89	96	67	39	44
Roscommon	75	44	84	77	95	81	73	62
Sligo	28	12	62	49	34	100	34	34
Tipperary NR	66	28	99	22	105	90	34	21
Tipperary SR	73	56	59	61	104	44	78	19
Waterford	21	79	58	72	73	46	54	13
Westmeath	58	35	32	27	83	56	48	8
Wexford	139	102	100	82	134	102	132	34
Wicklow	230	141	137	160	184	159	196	19
Total (I)	2,987	2,629	2,904	2,878	3,773	3,358	3,095	1,620
County Boroughs
Cork	299	355	299	337	235	246	218	193
Dublin	1,519	1,520	1,351	1,753	1,717	1,377	1,056	460
Galway	44	36	145	117	106	70	126	—
Limerick	214	71	79	45	139	53	202	35
Waterford	102	96	87	136	97	175	86	166
Total (II)	2,178	2,078	1,961	2,388	2,294	1,921	1,688	854
Totals of (I) (II) and (III)	5,984	5,681	5,686	6,190	7,002	6,523	5,517	3,074

	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987
Urban District Councils
Arklow	36	—	—	4	58	69	19	8
Athlone	8	24	—	50	—	44	13	2
Athy	51	—	—	—	28	4	—	28
Ballina	—	64	10	2	38	—	—	43
Ballinasloe	8	—	—	40	—	36	—	—
Birr	—	18	—	5	—	36	—	—
Bray	11	46	34	64	5	—	74	51
Buncrana	—	—	5	30	—	—	—	—
Bundoran	—	14	2	—	—	21	—	—
Carlow	34	33	—	—	—	152	11	—
Carrickmacross	—	44	—	—	—	26	—	—
Carrick-on-Suir	—	—	31	7	36	—	30	—
Cashel	—	—	58	10	19	11	16	—
Castlebar	—	—	27	28	14	—	20	—
Castleblayney	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cavan	—	—	20	—	8	—	1	—
Ceanannus Mór	10	—	7	—	—	—	12	—
Clonakilty	—	—	—	—	9	—	11	—
Clones	4	—	20	—	—	—	—	—
Clonmel	—	—	76	83	17	—	75	—
Cobh	—	—	62	1	—	—	2	5
Drogheda	31	92	25	50	42	41	64	10
Dundalk	61	24	—	72	45	86	6	—
Dungarvan	13	—	26	32	30	—	33	—
Dún Laoghaire	58	92	—	28	79	172	5	35
Ennis	64	20	—	78	—	—	—	—
Enniscorthy	33	12	—	39	38	85	—	—
Fermoy	—	—	8	—	11	—	—	12
Kilkenny	6	59	13	8	15	13	6	12
Killarney	14	20	—	21	15	34	18	—
Kilrush	—	—	8	12	11	30	—	37
Kinsale	—	16	—	—	4	—	—	—
Letterkenny	20	—	—	—	—	—	59	—
Listowel	—	—	—	24	30	—	24	—
Longford	6	—	25	—	—	41	61	—
Macroom	17	—	—	—	7	11	—	—
Mallow	42	—	27	5	26	—	12	—
Midleton	—	21	—	—	—	35	—	34
Monaghan	—	—	44	—	—	—	13	—
Naas	28	14	13	—	9	—	2	2
Navan	—	—	—	—	—	—	11	15
Nenagh	—	30	—	—	—	—	—	66
New Ross	19	24	34	34	10	15	—	24
Skibbereen	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sligo	43	72	46	—	73	39	—	—
Templemore	27	—	—	—	—	19	—	—
Thurles	—	—	—	—	74	—	—	41
Tipperary	64	6	31	—	26	24	25	2
Tralee	52	92	68	68	61	55	47	44
Trim	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tullamore	50	—	60	58	—	64	—	—
Westport	—	42	—	—	23	—	—	47
Wexford	—	37	29	—	67	55	—	49
Wicklow	—	—	12	49	5	26	60	13
Youghal	4	58	—	22	2	—	4	20
Total (III)	819	974	821	924	935	1,244	734	600