I propose to take Questions Nos. 5 and 12 together.
The management and maintenance of their rented dwellings are the responsibility of local authorities. The costs involved are not directly subsidised by the Exchequer and must be met from rental income, the revenue portion of the proceeds of tenant purchase schemes, and the revenue resources of the authorities themselves, including the general rate support grant.
I propose to circulate in the Official Report a tabular statement setting out statistical information derived from returns made by the main local authorities for the year ended 31 December 1990. Based on these returns, the estimated average maintenance cost per dwelling nationally was £353 in 1990, the highest average cost was incurred by Galway Corporation, £658, and the lowest average cost £30 arose in County Louth.
Following is the statement:
Local Authority
|
Number of rented dwellings
|
Average cost of maintenance
|
|
|
£
|
County Boroughs
|
|
|
Cork
|
7,425
|
385
|
Dublin
|
34,775
|
492
|
Galway
|
1,189
|
658
|
Limerick
|
3,243
|
376
|
Waterford
|
2,254
|
326
|
County Councils
|
|
|
Carlow
|
488
|
171
|
Cavan
|
745
|
119
|
Clare
|
673
|
145
|
Cork North
|
916
|
158
|
Cork South
|
1,204
|
162
|
Cork West
|
348
|
205
|
Donegal
|
2,570
|
82
|
Dublin
|
5,576
|
299
|
Galway
|
1,666
|
144
|
Kerry
|
1,931
|
96
|
Kildare
|
1,089
|
70
|
Kilkenny
|
1,081
|
248
|
Laois
|
934
|
132
|
Leitrim
|
595
|
110
|
Limerick
|
1,086
|
243
|
Longford
|
672
|
216
|
Louth
|
372
|
30
|
Mayo
|
1,321
|
121
|
Meath
|
1,192
|
180
|
Monaghan
|
359
|
175
|
Offaly
|
644
|
171
|
Roscommon
|
549
|
207
|
Sligo
|
533
|
56
|
Tipperary NR
|
692
|
149
|
Tipperary SR
|
882
|
257
|
Waterford
|
541
|
197
|
Westmeath
|
542
|
174
|
Wexford
|
1,192
|
218
|
Wicklow
|
1,385
|
113
|
Borough Corporations
|
|
|
Clonmel
|
543
|
421
|
Drogheda
|
811
|
429
|
Dún Laoghaire
|
2,317
|
574
|
Kilkenny
|
417
|
512
|
Sligo
|
552
|
450
|
Wexford
|
658
|
319
|
Urban Districts
|
|
|
Arklow
|
323
|
152
|
Athlone
|
276
|
298
|
Athy
|
157
|
422
|
Ballina
|
305
|
257
|
Ballinasloe
|
219
|
290
|
Birr
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Bray
|
903
|
383
|
Buncrana
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Bundoran
|
36
|
207
|
Carlow
|
348
|
250
|
Carrickmacross
|
26
|
154
|
Carrick-on-Suir
|
332
|
302
|
Cashel
|
122
|
432
|
Castlebar
|
63
|
238
|
Castleblayney
|
78
|
300
|
Cavan
|
246
|
303
|
Ceanannas Mór
|
58
|
113
|
Clonakilty
|
52
|
231
|
Clones
|
48
|
33
|
Cobh
|
184
|
173
|
Dundalk
|
1,134
|
372
|
Dungarvan
|
345
|
453
|
Ennis
|
350
|
168
|
Enniscorthy
|
241
|
163
|
Fermoy
|
132
|
285
|
Killarney
|
148
|
214
|
Kilrush
|
124
|
129
|
Kinsale
|
46
|
330
|
Letterkenny
|
88
|
166
|
Listowel
|
129
|
266
|
Longford
|
235
|
291
|
Macroom
|
74
|
481
|
Mallow
|
274
|
441
|
Midleton
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Monaghan
|
196
|
471
|
Naas
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Navan
|
81
|
398
|
Nenagh
|
187
|
296
|
New Ross
|
345
|
274
|
Skibbereen
|
35
|
338
|
Templemore
|
93
|
289
|
Thurles
|
232
|
190
|
Tipperary
|
315
|
224
|
Tralee
|
844
|
326
|
Trim
|
47
|
63
|
Tullamore
|
298
|
366
|
Westport
|
55
|
110
|
Wicklow
|
180
|
223
|
Youghal
|
201
|
113
|