Written answers

Tuesday, 8 February 2005

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Local Authority Housing

8:00 pm

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 517: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons on the council waiting list for housing in County Longford. [3472/05]

Photo of Noel AhernNoel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The most recent statutory assessment of local authority housing need was undertaken by local authorities in March 2002. The number of households in need of housing in the two local authorities in County Longford at that time is set out in the following table.

Local authority No. of households on the waiting list at end March 2002
Longford County Council 374
Longford Town Council 159

Detailed information on the results of the 2002 assessment was published in my Department's September 2002 quarterly edition of the Housing Statistics Bulletin, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library. The next statutory assessment of need is due to be undertaken by local authorities in March 2005.

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of council houses built in County Longford in each of the past five years. [3473/05]

Photo of Noel AhernNoel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Information on the number of houses completed by the two local authorities in County Longford for each of the past five years under the local authority housing construction-acquisition programme is set out in the following table.

Local authority housing completions-acquisitions
Local authority 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 (end September)
Longford County Council 49 138 93 74 19
Longford Town Council 18 8 34 2 0

Completions-acquisitions figures for the full year 2004 will be available in the 2004 annual Housing Statistics Bulletin which will be published in due course.

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