asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state (a) the number of applications made to Dublin Corporation and Dublin County Council for loans under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts, and (b) the number of such loans made by each of these local authorities in the past 18 months.

Information in regard to the first part of the question is not furnished to my Department by local authorities. With regard to the second part, statistics of the number of loans approved by each local authority are collected for annual periods ending on 31st March. Particulars in respect of the year ended 31st March, 1957, are not yet available.