Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 13 Nov 1996

Vol. 471 No. 5

Written Answers. - County Tipperary Housing.

Theresa Ahearn

Ceist:

126 Mrs. T. Ahearn asked the Minister for the Environment the number of local authority houses with both standard and small standard houses built by South Tipperary County Council, Clonmel Corporation, Tipperary UDC, Carrick-on-Suir UDC and Cashel UDC in each of the years from 1987 to date; the number of houses in each area provided by additional voluntary groups funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21217/96]

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment (Ms McManus)

The numbers of houses completed by the authorities referred to were as follows:

	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Tipperary (SR) County Council	19	50	21	9	31	15	31	4	45
Clonmel Corporation	—	—	—	5	—	3	11	1	32
Carrick-on-Suir UDC	—	1	9	—	9	—	—	—	16
Cashel UDC	—	11	—	2	—	—	8	—	5
Tipperary UDC	2	17	6	—	5	4	—	1	6

Information on dwelling units completed by voluntary housing bodies under the capital assistance and rental subsidy schemes is given by county for the years 1992 to 1995 in my Department's annual housing statistics bulletins, which are available in the Oireachtas Library. The rental subsidy scheme was introduced in 1991 but no houses were completed under the scheme in County Tipperary (SR) in that year. Similarly there were no houses built in the county under the capital assistance scheme in 1991. Details of activity under the capital assistance scheme in the county for years prior to 1991 is not now readily available.