asked the Minister for Local Government whether his Department employ any female adviser or consultant on the design and suitability of local authority houses.

No officer is employed by my Department specifically as a female adviser on house design.

On the general question of consulting female opinion on housing matters my Department keeps in constant touch with current opinion on the subject and is assisted in this regard by specific exercises, involving direct consultation with housewives on aspects of current house design, carried out from time to time by bodies such as An Foras Forbartha.