Unfinished Housing Developments

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 July 2012

Tuesday, 17 July 2012

Ceisteanna (427)

Dessie Ellis

Ceist:

438 Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of unfinished estates currently in the Dublin City Council, South Dublin City Council, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown and Fingal County Council areas respectively. [34478/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Deputy Jan O’Sullivan)

The most recent figures on the numbers of unfinished housing developments in the Dublin region are in my Department's National Housing Development Survey 2011, published in October 2011, which can be found at www.environ.ie. As part of the process of preparing this survey, local authorities provided details of developments in their areas which remain unfinished. The following breakdown outlines the number of incomplete developments in the Dublin area:

Local Authority	No. Unfinished Developments
Dublin City Council	95
Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council	60
Fingal County Council	149
South Dublin County Council	50

The National Housing Development Survey 2012 was commenced by my Department in June and will be completed over the summer months. I anticipate the publication of this survey in the autumn once the results have been collated.