asked the Minister for the Environment the estimated cost in 1982 of his commitment to withdraw immediately rent increases on all substandard dwellings; and the proportion of this cost arising in respect of dwelling within the County Borough of Dublin.

It is estimated that the cost of not implementing the recent increases in rents in the case of substandard local authority dwellings in the Dublin city area would be approximately £250,000. The commitment does not extend to substandard dwellings elsewhere in the country.