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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 15 Mar 1990

Vol. 397 No. 2

Written Answers. - Travelling Families.

Noel Dempsey

Ceist:

89 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment , in respect of each local authority area, the number of travelling families on the roadside who have expressed a wish to be settled in (a) local authority housing and (b) special housing; and the number who wish to be provided with a halting site place.

Noel Dempsey

Ceist:

90 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment if he will give a breakdown of the number of travelling families in this country by county of origin.

I propose to take Questions Nos. 89 and 90 together.

The information requested by the Deputy is not available in my Department.

Noel Dempsey

Ceist:

91 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment , in respect of each local authority area, the number of travelling families who have been (a) housed by local authorities in local authority housing and (b) housed in special housing; and if he will give details of the number of halting sites and their capacity in each local authority area.

The following schedules set out the information requested by the Deputy.

SCHEDULE I

(These are available on a county at large basis only)

Families in Local Authority Housing

Families in Group Housing

County Councils

Carlow

14

5

Cavan

21

Clare

26

8

Cork

39

Donegal

26

Dublin

81

29

Galway

140

12

Kerry

127

2

Kildare

2

Kilkenny

14

3

Laois

5

Leitrim

7

Limerick

121

Longford

85

Louth

51

14

Mayo

66

5

Meath

37

16

Monaghan

31

Offaly

29

3

Roscommon

15

2

Sligo

15

2

Tipperary NR

38

Tipperary SR

24

Waterford

6

2

Westmeath

83

Wexford

85

Wicklow

29

County Boroughs

Cork

98

Dublin

107

78

Galway

63

27

Limerick

6

5

Waterford

30

SCHEDULE II

Number of Residential Caravan Parks

Capacity of Caravan Parks Number of Bays

County Councils

Carlow

Cavan

Clare

1

16

Cork

1

11

Donegal

Dublin

8

65

Galway

1

12

Kerry

2

10

Kildare

4

22

Kilkenny

2

10

Laois

1

20

Leitrim

1

8

Limerick

1

16

Longford

Louth

Mayo

Meath

Monaghan

Offaly

Roscommon

1

4

Sligo

Tipperary NR

Tipperary SR

2

4

Waterford

Westmeath

2

17

Wexford

1

6

Wicklow

County Boroughs

Cork

2

22

Dublin

3

24

Galway

3

22

Limerick

1

5

Waterford

1

12

Urban District Councils

Carlow

1

4

Cavan

1

12

Dundalk

1

15

Dungarvan

1

7

Longford

1

6

Tullamore

1

16

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