Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of tenants who are in arrears and the value of those arrears in respect of social housing provided by Galway City Council and Galway County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17424/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department does not hold information in relation to the number of social housing tenants in arrears in Galway City Council and Galway County Council.

According to the Councils' audited 2015 Annual Financial Statements, the amounts of rent arrears in Galway City Council and Galway County Council at 31/12/2015 were €786,251 and €1,956,399, respectively.