45 Mr. Nealon asked the Taoiseach the percentage of houses in Sligo which have a piped water supply; and the percentage of houses in 1980 which had such a water supply. [19062/96]

According to the results of the Censuses of Population undertaken in 1981 and 1991 approximately 96.6 per cent of the housing units in County Sligo had a piped water supply in 1991 compared with 85.6 per cent in 1981.