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Dáil Éireann - Volume 231 - 15 November, 1967 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Housing Requirements. Mr. Corish Mr. Corish 7. Mr. Corish asked the Minister for Local Government the estimated number of houses at present needed (a) in Dublin city, (b) in Cork city, and (c) in the remainder of the country. Mr. Boland Mr. Boland Mr. Boland: According to the statutory assessments of housing needs submitted by the housing authorities under section 53 of the Housing Act, 1966, there is at present an accumulated need for 8,518 local authority dwellings in Dublin city and for 1,375 local authority and private dwellings in Cork city. An estimate of the present need for private dwellings in Dublin city is not available. Assessments of need have not yet been submitted by a number of housing authorities. Figures for the rest of the country are, therefore, not yet available. Mr. Corish Mr. Corish Mr. Corish: Can the Minister say approximately when they will be available? Mr. Boland Mr. Boland Mr. Boland: I do not know. The housing authorities were required to submit these assessments by 30th September last. There are 14 authorities that have not submitted them yet but they should be available in the near future. Mr. Corish Mr. Corish Mr. Corish: Are they being urged to submit them? Mr. Boland Mr. Boland Mr. Boland: They are being urged to submit them, yes. Mr. Dillon Mr. Dillon Mr. Dillon: Might I ask the Minister, in that context, has regard been had, when these assessments were made in respect of the housing requirements of Dublin city and Cork city, to the number of houses in both cities which are notoriously at present unfit for human habitation but which have not been examined or condemned by the appropriate municipal authority for the past five or six years? Mr. Boland Mr. Boland 159 Mr. Boland: Regard has been had to the fact that there is a number of houses that should be demolished but I would not say that a comprehensive [159] assessment of this category has been made. Mr. Dillon Mr. Dillon Mr. Dillon: Apart from those that are standing and that are in need of demolition because they are dangerous, has the Minister adverted to the fact that there are large numbers of houses in Dublin and Cork which have been condemned as unfit for human habitation? Have these been taken into account in making this assessment? Mr. Boland Mr. Boland Mr. Boland: These have been taken into consideration to a certain extent but standards in these matters will change according as more houses are provided. For some time to come there will always be houses which will gradually become substandard. Mr. M.J. O'Higgins Mr. M.J. O'Higgins Mr. M.J. O'Higgins: Were any guide lines laid down for the local authority in making this assessment? Was the assessment made merely on the number of applications for houses? Mr. Boland Mr. Boland 160 Mr. Boland: The applications were [160] investigated on the basis of the people who are in need of houses. Mr. Larkin Mr. Larkin Mr. Larkin: Can the Minister say whether the decision as to whether a house is fit or unfit for human habitation was based on the demand for accommodation or is it, as it should, based on the condition of the dwelling? Mr. Boland Mr. Boland Mr. Boland: The dwelling and its suitability for sanitary use. Dáil Éireann 231 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. Housing Requirements. Questions 19671115
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