Written answers
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Local Authority Housing
9:00 pm
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has compiled information on the level of rent arrears owed by tenants to local authorities around the country; and if he will make this information available. [26341/11]
Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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My Department has since 2008 collected data on rent arrears owing to local authorities and these data are set out in the table below. Data for 2010 are not yet finalised but it is intended that they will be published on my Department's website, www.environ.ie, in due course along with the previous years' data supplied with this response.
| Local Authorities | Rent arrears at date specified | |
| County Councils | 1st Jan 2008 | 1st Jan 2009 |
| Carlow | 84,873 | 109,471 |
| Cavan1 | 0 | 214,556 |
| Clare | 375,379 | 363,279 |
| Cork North | 11,238 | 14,772 |
| Cork South | 391,776 | 397,744 |
| Cork West | 210,491 | 134,063 |
| Donegal | 803,777 | 789,230 |
| Dun Laoghaire Rathdown | 1,410,295 | 2,162,803 |
| Fingal | 797,918 | 787,066 |
| Galway | 549,116 | 526,352 |
| Kerry | 234,710 | 418,520 |
| Kildare | 863,458 | 896,353 |
| Kilkenny | 431,555 | 435,078 |
| Laois | 433,205 | 315,346 |
| Leitrim | 113,177 | 89,067 |
| Limerick1 | 0 | 442,504 |
| Longford | 0 | 400,275 |
| Louth | 90,060 | 168,595 |
| Mayo | 1,022,451 | 921,180 |
| Meath | 640,766 | 473,250 |
| Monaghan | 72,748 | 70,222 |
| North Tipperary | 27,222 | 20,803 |
| Offaly | 278,932 | 276,969 |
| Roscommon | 380,884 | 370,022 |
| Sligo | 220,504 | 123,418 |
| South Dublin | 127,613 | 5,384,977 |
| South Tipperary | 168,869 | 84,964 |
| Waterford | 127,613 | 135,404 |
| Westmeath | 297,438 | 604,557 |
| Wexford | 657,534 | 675,753 |
| Wicklow | 289,913 | 365,289 |
| TOTAL (1) | 11,113,517 | 16,912,251 |
| CITY COUNCILS | ||
| Cork | 1,428,656 | 1,558,922 |
| Dublin | 14,272,333 | 13,939,639 |
| Galway | 1,342,782 | 1,567,429 |
| Limerick | 770,987 | 737,000 |
| Waterford | 627,790 | 786,367 |
| TOTAL (2) | 18,442,548 | 18,589,357 |
| Rent arrears at date specified | ||
| TOWN COUNCILS | 1st Jan 2008 | 1st Jan 2009 |
| Arklow | 66,899 | 57,843 |
| Athlone | 132,946 | 132,946 |
| Athy | 52,908 | 608,577 |
| Ballina | 156,344 | 135,342 |
| Ballinasloe | 24,069 | 31,343 |
| Birr | 9,629 | 5,932 |
| Bray | 81,737 | 109,950 |
| Buncrana | 21,433 | 38,769 |
| Bundoran | 7,279 | 8,586 |
| Carlow1 | 0 | 20,268 |
| Carrickmacross | 2,968 | 7,204 |
| Carrick-on-Suir | 31,155 | 40,522 |
| Cashel | 26,325 | 11,294 |
| Castlebar | 24,791 | 19,037 |
| Castleblaney | 5,483 | 9,210 |
| Cavan | 231,005 | 241,787 |
| Clonakilty1 | 0 | 46,874 |
| Clones | 5,490 | 8,943 |
| Clonmel | 23,687 | 46,962 |
| Cobh | 40,292 | 46,184 |
| Drogheda1 | 0 | 340,156 |
| Dundalk | 359,079 | 372,057 |
| Dungarvan | 154,584 | 114,083 |
| Ennis | 46,486 | 33,720 |
| Enniscorthy | 131,646 | 125,037 |
| Fermoy | 21,890 | 21,098 |
| Kells2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kilkenny | 136,058 | 131,850 |
| Killarney | 9,650 | 8,721 |
| Kilrush | 21,803 | 19,873 |
| Kinsale | 49,776 | 46,420 |
| Letterkenny | 39,012 | 37,825 |
| Listowel | 24,126 | 29,035 |
| Longford | 200,000 | 130,483 |
| Macroom | 3,955 | 3,732 |
| Mallow | 30,665 | 49,476 |
| Midleton | 26,586 | 18,282 |
| Monaghan | 64,419 | 54,460 |
| Naas | 35,176 | 90,066 |
| Navan2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nenagh | 9,252 | 13,538 |
| New Ross1 | 0 | 42,346 |
| Skibbereen | 21,311 | 19,945 |
| Sligo | 188,342 | 219,839 |
| Templemore | 2,264 | 14,388 |
| Thurles | 38,663 | 28,366 |
| Tipperary | 18,216 | 2,000 |
| Tralee | 232,562 | 249,877 |
| Trim2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tullamore | 225,178 | 278,839 |
| Westport3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wexford | 236,181 | 199,520 |
| Wicklow | 26,489 | 11,916 |
| Youghal3 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (3) | 3,297,810 | 4,025,998 |
| TOTALS (1+2+3) | 32,853,875 | 39,527,605 |
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