Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 19 Feb 1992

Vol. 415 No. 9

Written Answers. - Budgetary Allocations for Public Housing.

Bernard Allen

Ceist:

180 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline the amount of money provided for public housing in (a) County Cork, (b) Cork city and (c) to each urban district council in Cork county, for each of the years 1986 to 1991; and if he will make a statement on the matter in the context of whether these allocations were sufficient for the housing needs of those areas.

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

I assume the question relates to the capital allocations for the provision of local authority dwellings. I refer to the replies to Questions No. 34 of 4 May 1989, No. 252 of 25 April 1990, No. 69 of 14 March 1991 and No. 129 of 19 November 1991 for information relating to the period 1986-1990.

The final allocations for 1991 to housing authorities in Cork are as follows:

Housing Authority	1991
	£
Cork Corporation	1,249,000
Cork (North) County Council	1,139,000
Cork (South) County Council	603,000
Cork (West) County Council	221,250
Clonakilty Urban District Council	37,000
Cobh Urban District Council	199,100
Fermoy Urban District Council	47,000
Kinsale Urban District Council	121,600
Macroom Urban District Council	32,700
Mallow Urban District Council	157,000
Midleton Urban District Council	203,000
Skibbereen Urban District Council	57,000
Youghal Urban District Council	258,400

I am satisfied that the availability of houses through construction-acquisition, the occurrence of vacancies in the housing authorities' existing stock, the capital provision for the voluntary housing scheme and the various initiatives underA Plan for Social Housing, if developed to their full potential by the housing authorities, constitute a reasonable response to the housing needs in all areas.