Housing numbers and unoccupied homes

Summary

The Minister estimated 915,000 houses, including 185,000 occupied homes without a bath or shower and 141,000 without an indoor flush toilet, but had no vacancy figure and agreed to seek one.

Austin Deasy Mr. Deasy Fine Gael

asked the Minister for the Environment the total number of dwelling houses in the State; and the number estimated (i) to be unoccupied; and (ii) which do not have (a) a bathroom and (b) an indoor flush toilet.

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Fergus O'Brien Mr. F. O'Brien Fine Gael

The estimated total number of houses in the State is 915,000. Information about the number of unoccupied houses is not available. In 1980, the estimated number of occupied houses without a fixed bath or shower was 185,000 and the number without an indoor flush toilet was 141,000.

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Austin Deasy Mr. Deasy Fine Gael

Why can we not have some estimate of the number of unoccupied houses in the State? Surely that is a reasonable question?

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Fergus O'Brien Mr. F. O'Brien Fine Gael

I cannot give the reason. I will take the matter up with my Department and ask if it is possible for them to extract that information. If I can elicit that information quickly, I will be happy to pass it on to the Deputy.

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