Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 March 2015
511. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of houses built by Wexford County Council, including former town councils, for each year from 1970 until 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9999/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy. Data on local authority housing completions in the period since 1999 are included within this range, and are available on my Department’s website at http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/StatisticsandRegularPublications/HousingStatistics/FileDownLoad,15291,en.xls by clicking “L.A housing output (1999+) By each Council” under the Social Housing Supports heading.
Data from 1970 to 1998, for Wexford Local Authorities, are provided in the table below:
Wexford LA new construction
|
Year |
Number of Units |
|
1969/70* |
70 |
|
1970/71* |
93 |
|
1971/72* |
190 |
|
1972/73* |
38 |
|
1973/74* |
114 |
|
1974** |
255 |
|
1975 |
458 |
|
1976 |
255 |
|
1977 |
200 |
|
1978 |
221 |
|
1979 |
185 |
|
1980 |
191 |
|
1981 |
175 |
|
1982 |
163 |
|
1983 |
155 |
|
1984 |
249 |
|
1985 |
257 |
|
1986 |
132 |
|
1987 |
107 |
|
1988 |
37 |
|
1989 |
31 |
|
1990 |
29 |
|
1991 |
53 |
|
1992 |
59 |
|
1993 |
41 |
|
1994 |
126 |
|
1995 |
123 |
|
1996 |
100 |
|
1997 |
143 |
|
1998 |
94 |
*April to March the following year
**April to December 1974
