Written answers
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Traveller Accommodation
9:00 pm
Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 1094: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide details of the net additional permanent units of Traveller accommodation provided by local authorities for the years 2003 to 2007, inclusive, under the headings halting sites, transient sites, group housing and standard housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1746/09]
Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Details of the 1,262 new units of Traveller accommodation provided by local authorities over the period 2003 to 2007 are set out in the table below.
| Accommodation Type | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | TOTAL |
| Halting Sites | ||||||
| Permanent Bays | 35 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 35 | 113 |
| Transient Bays | 12 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| Emergency/Temporary Bays | 29 | 26 | 33 | 19 | 40 | 147 |
| Group Houses | 58 | 59 | 42 | 48 | 48 | 255 |
| Single Instance Purchases | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 49 |
| Standard Housing | 218 | 140 | 125 | 63 | 130 | 676 |
| Total | 359 | 247 | 229 | 164 | 263 | 1,262 |
In addition, local authorities provided some 406 units of refurbished/redeveloped Traveller-specific accommodation during this period.
As some of the new and refurbished units would have replaced older or unsuitable accommodation, details of the net additional units provided by local authorities for the period in question are not available in my Department.
Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 1095: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of times the Housing (Miscellaneous) Act has been used against members of the Traveller community in moving them from unauthorised sites in each of the years 2003 to 2007 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1747/09]
Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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I assume that the question is referring to notices served in accordance with Section 10 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992, as amended, where a housing authority may serve notice on a person requiring them to remove temporary dwellings from a public place. Information on the numbers of such notices served by housing authorities on individuals, including the number of notices served on Travellers, is not available in my Department.
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