Data on the number of house completions by each local authority for the first 10 months of 2006 have been published on the Department's website, www.environ.ie. Details in respect of the greater Dublin area are provided in the following table:
Local Authority
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Number of dwellings completed in period to October 2006.
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Dublin City
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6,378
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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
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2,106
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Fingal
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4,697
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South Dublin
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2,697
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Kildare
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3,986
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Meath
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3,074
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Wicklow
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1,583
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Total Greater Dublin Area
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24,521
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Data on the number of units acquired in the first 6 months 2006 by each local authority under Part V Planning and Development Acts 2000-2006 are published in the latest Quarterly Housing Statistics Bulletin, which is available in the Oireachtas library and on the Department's website. While my Department is currently compiling figures to the end of September 2006, data supplied by the local authorities indicate a provisional outturn of some 1,390 units acquired under Part V. This represents a 64% increase on the same period last year and exceeds the twelve months output in 2005. This is a very significant increase and I am confident that this upward trajectory in delivery will continue in the coming months and years.