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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 30 May 2001

Vol. 537 No. 3

Written Answers. - Local Authority Housing.

Bernard J. Durkan

Ceist:

193 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will provide adequate funds to the various local authorities in County Kildare to facilitate them in their efforts to address the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16297/01]

The financial allocations for 2001 under the multi-annual local authority housing programme 2000 to 2003 have been notified to the Kildare local authorities. The overall allocations to County Kildare of £19 million under the programme represented an increase of almost 50% on the original provision for 2000 of £12.8 million.

Bernard J. Durkan

Ceist:

194 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the current average waiting time for rehousing by local authorities; if it is true that some housing applicants are on the housing list for ten years or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16298/01]

Information available from the 1999 assessment of housing need indicates that more than two thirds of households assessed as in need of local authority housing were on the local authority waiting list for less than two years and it remains the case that a significant number of households on waiting lists are housed within two years.

Some applicants for local authority housing are on waiting lists for longer periods on the basis that their housing needs are a relatively lower priority compared to the needs of households who have been allocated housing.

Question No. 195 answered with Question No. 44.

Bernard J. Durkan

Ceist:

196 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of local authority tenants assigned to new houses since he came into office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16300/01]

The numbers of local authority houses completed for the years 1997 to 2000, all of which would have been let to households on local authority waiting lists, is published in my Department's Annual Bulletin of Housing Statistics, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library.

Question No. 197 answered with Question No. 63.
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