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Dáil Éireann - Volume 222 - 03 May, 1966

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Housing Subsidies.

13. Dr. O'Connell asked the Minister for Local Government the total Government subsidy to local authority housing in each of the past five years.

14. Dr. O'Connell asked the Minister for Local Government the total subsidies from local authority funds to council housing in each of the past five years.

[1049] Mr. Blaney: With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 13 and 14 together.

As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose to have it circulated with the Official Report.

Following is the statement:—

(1)

(2)

Amount paid by way of subsidy on loan charges arising from local authority housing

Amounts of contributions from rates in respect of local authority housing

(£000)

(£000)

1961-62

2,190

2,250

1962-63

2,345

2,251

1963-64

2,380

2,361

1964-65

2,534

2,442

1965-66

2,700

not yet available

NOTE: The figures in Column (1) do not include loan charges amounting to approximately £400,000 per annum on capital grants paid from the Transitional Development Fund and the Vote for Local Government in the period 1946-47 to 1955-56 (inclusive).

Dr. O'Connell: Could the Minister not read them out?

Mr. Blaney: I could read them out but I would not make much of a job of it. There are two columns, all of which are of at least four figures, plus the years as well as various headings, subheadings and footnotes.

Dr. O'Connell: In light of the figure supplied would the Minister agree that council house tenants are less of a burden on the State than owner-occupiers?

Mr. Blaney: The Deputy had better give me notice of that.

15. Dr. O'Connell asked the Minister for Local Government the total subsidies paid by local authorities to private housing in each of the past five years.

16. Dr. O'Connell asked the Minister for Local Government the total Government subsidy to private housing in each of the past five years.

[1050] Mr. Blaney: With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 15 and 16 together, and as the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose to have it circulated with the Official Report.

Following is the statement:—

AMOUNT paid out of taxation or rates to meet loan charges on moneys borrowed for the payment of grants for the building of new houses and the reconstruction and improvement of existing dwellings in accordance with grant schemes for which the Minister for Local Government is responsible.

(1)

(2)

Payments by the State

Payments by local authorities

(£000)

(£000)

1961-62

1,415

490

1962-63

1,590

557

1963-64

1,785

624

1964-65

2,016

748

1965-66

2,266

Not yet available

NOTE: A few local authorities pay supplementary grants from revenue. These are not included in the figures given at (2) above.

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