ANNUAL HOUSING STATISTICS
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FOREWORD BY MINISTER OF STATE
Access to housing is vital to sustaining family and community life and it is an essential cornerstone in
responding to our mobile, dynamic and growing economy. My Department is firmly committed to
implementing policies needed to enable everyone have a home suitable for their needs. The increasing
demand for housing from a growing population at affordable costs creates huge challenges for us all.
The availability of good statistical data to inform policy is therefore crucial.
I therefore welcome the new format for the Annual Housing Statistical Bulletin which seeks to provide
an overview on the full range of housing activity.
This ranges from overall housing supply, to the
range of social and affordable housing measures which are targeted at a broad range of housing needs
not met by market provision.
One of the remarkable statistics within the bulletin is the record output of house completions in 2004.
The last ten years have seen unprecedented levels of housing construction, at rates not seen anywhere
else in Europe. This has been during a time of extraordinary demand for housing brought about by
demographic, low interest rate, and strong economic growth factors. The high price levels seen in the
early 1990’s have begun to show evidence of slowing. Through low interest rates, employment growth
and fiscal policy, there has also been evidence of improvements in the cost of servicing a mortgage
where an average mortgage represents about 25% of the disposable income of an average two-income
household, lower than the 29% experienced in the early nineties.
The private rented sector has also continued to grow and the passage of the Residential Tenancies Act
in 2004 marked an important point in the modernisation and development of this sector.
2004 saw continued investment in social and affordable housing measures.
With the assistance of
some €1.6 billion funds, over 12,000 households were provided with social and affordable housing in
2004.
In 2004 we requested all local authorities to produce the five-year Action Plans 2004-2008, to
ensure that the resources are used in an integrated and holistic manner to delivery quality housing.
I hope that this new format of the Bulletin will prove to be useful for all readers. A fuller historic series
of statistics is also available on the Department’s website at www.environ.ie.
Noel Ahern T.D.
Minister for Housing & Urban Renewal
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CONTENTS
Part 1 - Overview
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Part 2 - Housing Market Indicators
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Appendix I - Statistical Tables
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Section 1 - Housing Activity
House completions - by sector
Total house completions - by area for 2004
Total and private house completions - by area
New houses completed - by type for 2004
New houses completed percentages- by type
New house guarantee registrations
Commencement notices
Supply of housing land
31-38
Section 2 - House Prices
New house prices by area
New house prices (excl apartments) by area
New apartment prices by area
Second-hand house prices by area
Second-hand house prices (excl apartments) by area
Second-hand apartment prices by area
Ranges of house prices - Whole country
Ranges of house prices - Dublin
House building cost index
39-47
Section 3 - Housing Loans
Loan approvals
Loan payments
Ranges of loans paid - Whole country
Ranges of loans paid - Dublin
48-51
Section 4 - Profile of Borrowers
Ranges of income of borrowers - Whole country
Ranges of income of borrowers - Dublin
Occupation of borrowers
Ownership status of borrowers - Whole country and Dublin
52-55
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Section 5 - Social Housing
56-74
Total social and affordable housing provision - 2004
Local authority housing output new build and acquisitions - by area 2000-2004
Local authority housing output new build and acqusitions - by Council
Sale of local authority houses
Improvement works in lieu of re-housing and extensions - by area
First time lettings by local authorities
Number of local authority houses let at 31 December
Local Authority Management and Maintenance expenditure
Local Authority Housing Revenue Account - expenditure and income
Voluntary and Co-operative housing output - by area
Section 6 - Affordable and Part V Activity
Shared ownership and affordable housing - sales completed during 2004
Shared ownership and Affordable housing (1999 scheme) - by area
Part V, Planning and Development Acts 2000 - 2004
Mortgage allowance - by area
75-79
Section 7 - Traveller Accommodation
Traveller Families in all categories of accommodation at 26 November 2004
80-83
Section 8 - Disabled persons and essential repairs grants paid
Disabled persons and essential repairs grants paid by local authorities
Disabled persons and essential repairs grants paid - by area 2004
84-85
Section 9 - Private Rented Housing
Enforcement of requirements for standards and rent books in 2004
Registration of Houses and Landlords - 31 August 2004
86-87
Section 10 - Capital Investment in Housing
Public capital expenditure on housing and Capital formation in housing
Appendix II - Summary of Social and Affordable Housing Schemes
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89-94
Part 1
Overview
The key housing objective is to enable every household to have available an
affordable dwelling of good quality, suited to its needs, in a good environment
and, as far as possible, at the tenure of its choice.
Ireland has experienced unprecedented demand for housing in recent years, resulting
from both demographic and economic factors and this has been the major driver of
house price increases. The primary focus of policy therefore has been on improving
supply to address this demand. This policy is having effect with sustained growth in
housing output over the past decade. In fact, 2004 was the 10th consecutive year of
record house completions with 76,954 units built. Ireland is now building at the
fastest rate in Europe – over 19 units per 1,000 population compared with around 3.5
units per 1,000 in the UK. Preliminary forecasts for 2005 would suggest that supply
will be at similar levels to 2004.1
Housing is the largest single component of investment under the National Development
Plan 2000 - 2006 (NDP). In the period January 2000 to December 2004, over €6.8
Billion, over 9% ahead of forecast, was spent on the housing measures in the NDP.
While physical progress was somewhat behind targets due mainly to construction
inflation and land prices, NDP investment to date has led to levels of social housing
output by local authorities and voluntary and cooperative housing bodies not seen in
a generation.
At a broader level, housing is an important component of our national infrastructure.
The high level of public and private investment in this sector, mean that residential
construction has become a significant sector in the context of overall economic
activity. Housing contributes 60% of the total value of construction (estimated at €15
billion in 2004), a percentage that has been growing significantly (See Section 10). In
terms of employment, the construction sector accounts for over 12% of total
employment.
Key Policy Developments in 2004
Legislative changes
Two important pieces of housing legislation were passed in 2004 - The Residential
Tenancies Act 2004, and Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2004.
Residential Tenancies Act 2004
The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 provides for major reform of landlord/Tenant law.
The Act, which came into operation in full on 6 December 2004, provides for
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Construction Industry Indicators, prepared by DKM Economic Consultants on behalf of
DoEHLG, 8th April 2005
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significant changes to the private rented sector including; a four year security of
tenure measure, new procedures for the termination of tenancies, provisions relating
to rents, the specification of minimum landlord and tenant obligations and the
establishment of a statutory body – Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) –
whose functions include the resolution of disputes arising in the sector, the operation
of a new system of tenancy registration, the carrying out of research and the provision
of information and policy advice in relation to the private rented sector.
This Act is the core element of the Government’s overall programme to promote
reform and development of the private rented sector based particularly on the report
of the Commission on the Private Rented Residential Sector.
The new tenancy registration system also replaces the 1996 registration regulations
whereby landlords were required to register their tenancies with the local authorities.
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2004
Legislation was passed at the end of 2004 to enable the lending institutions to provide
mortgage finance to affordable housing beneficiaries. The change paves the way for
direct sale by developers of affordable housing under Part V arrangements. Both of
these measures are considered important to the delivery of affordable housing.
New schemes introduced in 2004
Rental Accommodation Scheme
A new initiative – the Rental Accommodation Scheme - was announced in July 2004.
Under this scheme local authorities will, over a four-year period, progressively
assume responsibility for accommodating supplementary welfare allowance rent
supplement recipients of eighteen months or more continuous duration with a long
term housing need.
The key objectives of the new scheme are to provide an
additional source of good quality rented accommodation for eligible persons, a
reduction in long term dependence on rent supplement and the enhancement of the
response of local authorities in meeting long-term housing needs.
Central heating programme
The survey conducted by the ESRI on behalf of the Department in 2001/2 into the
quality of housing in Ireland 2, indicated that the proportion of local authority
housing stock which had central heating was significantly below that of the rest of the
Irish housing stock. It is estimated that some 36,000 dwellings or approximately 30%
of the local authority housing stock has no central heating. A new central heating
2
The Irish National survey of Housing Quality 2001-2002 (ESRI on behalf of DoEHLG, published
November 2003)
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programme was introduced in 2004 to address this issue. €12 million was provided
in 2004 for this purpose and €30 million is being provided in 2005. It is intended to
complete the programme of installation over the next few years.
Innovative Approaches to delivery
In recent years, there has been a diversification in the nature of social and affordable
housing, both in terms of the range of measures available to tackle the broad spectrum
of housing need, and the nature of the delivery mechanisms themselves. Some of the
recent innovations are highlighted below.
Action Plans for Social and Affordable Housing
New arrangements for the planning and delivery of social and affordable housing
programmes were introduced in 2004, with the initiation of five-year action plans for
social and affordable housing. These plans are designed to give a systematic and
integrated approach to the delivery of housing. The overarching aim is to ensure that
investment achieves the desired effect in the long-term by tackling real need and
breaking cycles of disadvantage and dependency. The plans are an important new
planning tool, providing a practical implementation to the social and affordable
housing segment of local authority Housing Strategies. Plans have been developed
during the course of 2004 at county or city level by local authorities.
Public Private Partnerships
The Department actively encourages the use of Public Private Partnership (PPP)
arrangements to bring forward integrated housing developments of private, social
and affordable housing units.
There are a number of large scale regeneration projects which are being advanced on
a PPP arrangement. These involve the (design) building and construction of the new
development. The first of these, involving the regeneration of Fatima Mansions is
well underway with the demolition of a number of blocks and the construction of the
first phase of 110 houses for renting by Dublin City Council. The overall project
consists of the provision of 150 units of rented accommodation, 70 affordable units
and approximately 300 private units.
The next project to be developed in this
manner by Dublin City Council is at O’Devaney Gardens/St. Bricin’s while a further
PPP project is proposed by for the redevelopment of St. Michael’s Estate in
Inchicore.
PPP arrangements also feature as an important part of the Affordable Housing
Initiative under the Sustaining Progress agreement and the new Rental
Accommodation Scheme.
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Housing Forum
In 2003, the Housing Forum was re-constituted under the National Partnership
Agreement, Sustaining Progress, and continued to provide the social partners with an
opportunity to contribute to housing policy development. The Housing Forum
provides the mechanism through which special initiatives on Housing and
Accommodation in Sustaining Progress is progressed. The forum is particularly
engaged in reviewing the effectiveness of social and affordable housing programmes.
The Housing Forum met three times during 2004.
Ballymun Regeneration
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Part 2
Housing Market Indicators
A number of indicators are available to assess the trends in the housing market. These
include house completions, house guarantee registrations, commencement notices,
planning permissions granted, availability of serviced lands, house prices and
affordability measures. Some of this data is produced in Appendix I. Where possible,
historical data is available on the Department’s website www.environ.ie
Section 1 - Housing Activity
House Completions
The total number of new houses completed in 2004 was 76,954. This represents
another record year for house completions, up 12% on the 2003 output. Annual house
completions are three and half times what they were ten years ago, with the highest
house building rate in Europe, at over 19 houses per 1,000 population.
New House Completions
90,000
80,000
70,000
60,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
1998
1999
2000
2001
Total completions
2002
Dublin
2003
2004
GDA
There were 16,810 houses completed in Dublin, up by 17%, and 25,915, up 13%, in the
Greater Dublin Area (GDA) in the same period. A breakdown of these figures by local
authority area is at Pages 32 to 33.
93.3 % of overall output was private housing, while 6.7% or 5,146 units, were
completed by the local authority and voluntary and co-operative sector. (This does
not represent the total output of social housing provision by local authorities, as other
measures including acquisitions, vacancies in existing stock etc contribute to the level
of first time lettings by local authority - see page 56-59).
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New House Guarantee registrations
Nationally, the number of new houses registered under guarantee schemes 3 for 2004
were 60,782, up 7% compared with 2003 (Page 36). While the rate of growth was
lower than the previous year, the absolute numbers are at record levels. While some
houses are not registered, particularly self built, these figures serve as a useful
indicator of future building activity.
New House Registrations and
Total House Completions
90,000
80,000
70,000
60,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
1998
1999
2000
2001
New House registrations
2002
2003
2004
Completions
Commencement Notices
Following a Pilot Study involving four local authorities, ‘Residential Commencement
Notice’ forms have been issued for all building control authorities 4 since January
2004 and the Building Control Regulations have been amended to accommodate this.
This survey (Page 37) provides details of the numbers of residential units started.
Results for the twelve months to December 2004 indicate over 77,000 actual
commencements. Given that this is a new survey, it is not yet possible to draw
conclusions about any trends. The Department will begin to issue quarterly results
starting in 2005.
Supply of Housing Land
The 6th housing land availability survey undertaken in June 2004 indicated that there
was over 12,500 hectares of zoned serviced land nationally, with an estimated yield of
367,000 housing units (Page 38). This equates to sufficient capacity nationally for
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House registrations are made on a voluntary basis with either HomeBond or Premier
Guarantee. (The latter since 2002).
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There are a total of thirty-seven Building Control Authorities covering the country.
residential development for over five years, based on recent average housing output.
At the end of June 2004 Dublin City and County had approximately 2,300 hectares of
zoned serviced land with an estimated yield of over 112,200 housing units. There
were 800 hectares of zoned serviced land in the Mid-East Region with an estimated
yield of about 22,400 units. In the other major urban areas, there was sufficient zoned
serviced land to yield about 32,500 units in Cork, 27,700 units in Galway, 10,300 units
in Limerick and 6,700 units in Waterford.
Planning Permissions granted
Another useful indicator of future housing activity is the level of planning
permissions granted. This data is published by the Central Statistics Office, and
available on their website at www.cso.ie. It shows that nationally 101,653 units
received a final grant of planning permission in 2004, representing an increase of 30%
on 2003 of 78,354 units (up 11.9% in the Greater Dublin Area and up 5% in Dublin).
Increases in planning permissions granted have also been seen in Galway (50%),
Limerick (0.7%) and Cork (11%).
Housing Stock
There are estimated to be over 1.6 million units of Housing stock 5 in 2004. This
estimate is derived by taking account of the number of houses surveyed for the
Census of Population 2002, includes both vacant and occupied houses; numbers of
houses completed; and allowing for obsolescence of existing dwellings 6. This equates
to over 400 houses per 1,000 persons or almost 2.5 persons for every house. This
compares favourably with the EU norms where the average is 450 per 1,000 persons.
Over 30% of the existing housing stock has been built in the past 10 years, a result of
the record levels of housing construction activity in this period. A survey by the ESRI
on behalf of the Department in 2001/2002, gave both an overview of this stock and
levels of satisfaction by occupiers. Among the key results of that survey were:•
The Irish housing stock is dominated by detached houses - 46% of the stock are
detached houses, semi-detached houses account for 27%, terraced houses for
20% and apartments represent 6% of the total stock; 7
•
close to one third of housing stock is made up of one-off housing, that is,
detached housing in open countryside.
5
Housing Stock is permanent occupied and unoccupied habitable residential dwellings
6
Obsolescence factor of .007%
7
Supported also by the 2002 Census of Population, Volume 13, CSO
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While 6% of the stock is currently made up of apartments, apartment building has
been a particular feature of recent completions. In fact apartment building made up
21% of all housing units built in 2004, or 42% of the Dublin region.
In terms of tenure, the ESRI study indicated that over 80% of the stock is owner
occupied with 45% owning their accommodation outright and 37% purchasing with
a mortgage. 8% of those surveyed rented from a local authority, while 9% rented
privately. Across all tenures, the ESRI study reflected a high level of satisfaction
among Irish householders regarding their accommodation. In overall terms 92% of
households were satisfied with the general condition of their accommodation and
95% of households were satisfied with area/neighbourhood and the amount of
privacy they have while 86% were satisfied with running costs.
Section 2 - House Prices
Average House Prices
Despite the substantial growth in housing supply, the rate of house price inflation
remained a concern during 2004. In 2004, average house prices increased by 11% for
both new and second-hand houses on a nation-wide basis over 2003 prices. House
prices in Dublin for the same period increased by 10.6% and 9.7% for new and secondhand houses respectively.
Table 1: Average House Prices 2004
House Type
Average Price
Year 2004 /
Average Price
Q4 2004 /
Q4 2004 /
And
Year 2004
Year 2003
Q4 2004
Q3 2004
Q4 2003
Location
New:
Nationally
€249,191
11.0%
€262,277
5.2%
11.3%
Dublin
€322,628
10.6%
€329,447
1.6%
8.7%
Nationally
€294,667
11.2%
€308,899
5.4%
11.2%
Dublin
€389,791
9.7%
€411,439
7.6%
10.3%
Second hand:
Average house prices have been derived from data supplied by the mortgage lending
agencies on loans approved by them. In comparing house price figures from one
period to another, account should be taken of the fact that changes in the mix of
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houses and apartments to which the data relates affect the average figures. Prices are
shown for the whole country, the five main urban areas (Cork, Dublin, Limerick,
Waterford, and Galway) and for other areas of the country. Tables showing separate
average prices for houses and apartments are also provided. In the appendix (Pages
39- 46)
The Department is currently developing a new house price statistical system
(HPSS), which will enable it to produce a mix-adjusted house price index as well
as providing an expanded series of borrower profile information. It is hoped that
some results from this new development will begin publication in 2005.
Affordability
The ESRI study conducted in 2001/2002 on behalf of the Department on housing
quality, over 90% who are purchasing or renting spend less than one third of their
household income on rent or mortgage. The Department maintains an index of
housing affordability measured by reference to the costs of servicing a mortgage.
(generally 35% is used as under Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 –
2004 as a threshold for assessing affordability)
This index is based on an affordability ratio, which shows how much income is
absorbed to service a mortgage. Due to trends in family and work situations, with the
steady increase in female participation in the workforce in the last few years, it is
more relevant to examine trends in affordability for two-earner households 8. The
affordability ratio indicates that there has been a decrease in affordability since 1994,
although it is still better than the early nineties. In 2004, the mortgage outgoings of a
typical household represents about 25% of their disposable income, compared to 22%
in 1995 and 29% in the early nineties on a national basis.
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This index is based on assumptions contained in the Bacon report and is based on a two earner
household – one person earning the average non-industrial wage and the other earning the
average industrial wage. The 2004 mortgage outgoings are based on a 20-year mortgage, 3.25%
interest rate and an average national house price of €249,198.
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Mortgage repayments as % of net income (2 earners)
%
33
31
29
27
25
23
21
19
17
15
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
Section 3 - Housing Loans
Comparisons of the numbers of new private house completions with new housing
loans paid out, suggest that over 60% were funded by a mortgage. Details of the
numbers and values of loans approved and paid since 2000 are set out at pages 48-49.
The changes in the numbers of loans approved and paid by all agencies, including
local authorities, indicates a significant increase in the numbers of loans paid out for
new houses – an increase of over 25% in one year – with the total value of mortgages
taken out for house purchase being almost €17 billion in 2004.
Table 2: Loans Approved and Paid 2004
2004
Numbers
Percentage
Value
of Loans
Increase
€ million
2004/2003
Approved
New
50,018
26.1%
€9,750m
Second Hand
54,287
-6.7%
€11,269m
New
44,231
25.3%
€7,416m
Second Hand
54,478
10.2%
€9,517m
Paid
Tables on pages 50-51 indicate that over 80% of mortgages paid out in the whole
country were for less than €250,000. However, this percentage was a lot lower in the
Dublin area, with only 60% borrowing up to €250,000.
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Section 4 - Profile of Borrowers
Information collected from a large sample of mortgage loan statistical survey forms,
submitted by borrowers at loan payment stage, provides some useful indicative
statistics in relation to buyer ownership status, ranges of incomes and occupation.
These are given in the tables on pages 52-55.
First Time Buyer status
Indicative data 9 shows that first time buyers continue to remain an active force in the
housing market in 2004. It is estimated that 48% of all new house purchase loans were
by first time buyers, or 34% of all house loans. There is also evidence that the national
average price paid by a first time buyer for a new house is approximately 13% less
than the overall average price.
With effect from 2nd December 2004, Section 126 of the Finance Act 2005 introduced
a relief from stamp duty for first time buyers of second hand residential properties
under €317,501 (previously €190,501) and a reduction in the stamp duty rates for
such properties up to €635,000. It is anticipated that this will increase the
participation of first time buyers in the second hand market and also reduce the rate
of price increases for new houses. It is too soon to comment on the effect of this
budgetary change.
Sections 5 and 6 - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
It is recognised that even at high level of supply, the market will not address the full
spectrum of housing needs. Specific social and affordable measures are required to
aid households who cannot afford to meet their own housing needs. Local authorities
have a broad and important role in responding to these needs. This involves both
direct provision and enabling needs to be met through interaction with both the
voluntary and co-operative housing and private housing sector.
In 2004, total exchequer and non-exchequer Funding of these housing measures
amounted to some €1.884 billion which is four times that provided in 1997 and
represented an increase of 5.4% on the 2003 out-turn.
As a result of this investment, the housing needs of 12,145 households were met. The
following table provides a breakdown of the numbers of households assisted in 2004
9
Based on analysis of mortgagee statistical survey forms, submitted by a sample of mortgage
lending agencies.
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under various social and affordable measures. A local authority breakdown of the
2004 total provision is set out in the tables on pages 56-59 in Appendix I.
(Background details of each measure are provided in the Appendix II)
The provision in 2004 was slightly less than anticipated, due to lower completions
than anticipated by both the local authority and voluntary and co-operative sector
and some decline in take up of the shared-ownership scheme. However, this level of
provision in 2004 was 40% higher than the level of provision in 2000. There was a
high level of social housing units in progress by both the local authority and
voluntary and co-operative housing sector in 2004, and with anticipated growth in
affordable housing, this augurs well for a forecasted provision of over 13,000
households in 2005.
At the request of the Department, new multi-annual Action Plans have been prepared
by local authorities for the provision of social and affordable housing over the period
2004 – 2008. These have been approved by the Department and are designed to assist
local authorities in identifying priority needs over the coming years and providing a
coherent and co-ordinated response across all housing services, including delivery of
housing by voluntary and co-operative housing sector.
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Table 3: Overview of Social and Affordable housing provision 2004
Social Housing:
Numbers
Local Authority Houses
•
•
Completions & Acquire (including Part V)
Regeneration (new units)
Total Local Authority provision
4,374
136
4,510
Voluntary & Co-operative Houses
•
•
•
Capital Assistance
Capital Loan & Subsidy
Part V
Total Voluntary & Co-op provision
626
899
82
1,607
Other Social Housing measures
•
•
•
Vacancies in existing stock
Improvement works in lieu of rehousing
Extensions to local authority houses
3,445
140
178
Total Other Social Housing measures
3,763
Total number of households assisted
through Social Housing measures
9,880
Affordable Housing:
Shared Ownership
Mortgage Allowance 10
1999 Affordable Housing
Part V Affordable Housing
Total number of households assisted
though Affordable Housing measures
Total provision of Social and Affordable Housing
10
798
233
860
374
2,265
12,145
This excludes 20 households who surrendered local authority houses in 2004 to acquire
affordable scheme houses.
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To ensure maximum output from multi-annual capital expenditure on social and
affordable housing measures over the coming years through a coherent and coordinated response across all housing services, the five-year Action Plans referred to
in Part 1 were introduced. In preparing these plans, local authorities had to assess
their social and affordable housing needs taking account of their existing housing
stock. The resultant plans set out their proposed response to these needs for 20042008 across the range of housing programmes including local authority housing
construction, regeneration and remedial works, voluntary housing, traveller
accommodation, housing needs of the elderly and people with disabilities,
homelessness, affordable housing, and management and maintenance of the stock.
All the plans have been agreed by the Department.
The Department and local authorities are assisted in their delivery of these housing
services through a number of support agencies:
Housing Finance Agency
The Housing Finance Agency continued in 2004 to make an important contribution to
the delivery of social housing programmes, with loan advances of €494 million
(increase of 10.5% on 2003). (www.hfa.ie)
National Building Agency
The National Building Agency continues to play an important role in contributing to
the objective of increased social housing through the local authority, voluntary and
affordable housing programmes. The agency provides consultancy services to local
authorities in the provision of social and affordable housing. (www.nba.ie)
Housing Unit
Financial assistance was also provided to support the work of the Housing Unit in
further promoting best practice in the management of the public and social housing
sector. (www.housingunit.ie)
Section 5 - Social Housing Programmes
Local Authority Housing
The number of new housing units completed and acquired under the main local
authority housing construction and various regeneration programmes in 2004 was
4,510 units. This includes 135 units acquired under Part V arrangements.
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Table 4: Local Authority Social Housing
Local Authority Housing
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
• Completions & Acquired
• Part V
• Regeneration (new units)
3,207
-
4,964
58
4,754
320
4,558
75
339
4,239
135
136
Total Local Authority
Social Housing
3,207
5,022
5,074
4,972
4,510
5,313 units of housing were started in 2004, this was up 12% on the number of starts
in 2003. Construction work was in progress at the end of the year on 7,389 units.
(breakdown of 2004 output by local authority at pages 60-61).
The Department continued to fund major redevelopment and regeneration
programmes to improve the living environment of existing social housing tenants.
This includes regeneration and remedial works with demolitions in Ballymun, which
is among the biggest urban regeneration projects underway in Europe.
Some 2,900 households were assisted through a new scheme introduced in 2004 to
provide central heating to local authority tenants. It is estimated that 36,000 units of
local authorities are without central heating and it is intended to complete the
programme of installation over the next few years.
Total expenditure on the main local authority housing and regeneration/remedial
works programmes in 2004, which excluded expenditure by local authorities from
their internal receipts, was over €850million.
First Time lettings by Local Authorities
3,445 vacancies arose in local authority housing stock (“casual vacancies”) during the
year. Together with 3,669 first-time lettings, this meant that a total of 7,114 units were
available for letting in 2004.(pages 64-65 for breakdown by local authority)
Improvement works in lieu of re-housing and extensions to local authority houses.
Through improvement works in lieu of re-housing and extensions were added to
local authority houses, a further 318 households had their housing needs addressed
in 2004 (page 63 for breakdown by local authority). Over €25million was spent on
these schemes in 2004.
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Table 5: Other Local Authority Social Housing Measures
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
• Vacancies in existing stock
• Improvement works in lieu
• Extensions to LA houses
2,854
123
153
3,004
108
187
3,122
164
199
3,795
151
203
3445
140
178
Total
3,130
3,299
3,485
4,149
3,763
Total number of households
assisted through various
Local Authority Social
Housing measures
6,337
8,321
8,559
9,121
8,273
Tenant Purchase Scheme
1,652 dwellings were purchased under the Tenant Purchase Scheme in 2004; 4,135
applications to purchase were made and 3,463 sales were approved (Page 62 for
breakdown by local authority). The level of purchases under this scheme is subject to
fluctuation from year to year as the chart below indicates.
Sale of Local Authority Houses
- Tenant Purchase
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
2000
22
2001
2002
2003
2004
Stock maintenance and management.
Latest available data on the number of social housing units is for the year 2003, and
indicates that 107,253 social housing units were let by local authorities in that year.
The average weekly rent was €32.10. (Page 66 for further details)
Voluntary and Co-operative Housing Sector
The Voluntary and co-operative housing sector provides social rental accommodation
for general family type needs and special needs housing for categories of persons
such as people with a disability, the elderly and homeless people.
The provision of social housing by the sector is funded under two separate schemes.
The Capital Assistance Scheme generally caters for special needs housing, while the
Capital Loan and Subsidy Scheme tends to be used to provide more family type
accommodation. To qualify for funding, a voluntary housing body must in the first
instance obtain approved status from the Department. Approved bodies work in
partnership with the relevant local authority in providing social rental
accommodation.
Voluntary Housing, Adare
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Capital Assistance and Loan Subsidy
The number of units provided by Voluntary and Co-operative housing sector with
capital assistance from the Department under the Capital Assistance Scheme and
Loan Subsidy Scheme, was 1,607 units. This included 82 units acquired through Part
V arrangements. Work was in progress on 2,178 units of accommodation at the end
of 2004 and a further 1,681 units were started (Page 74 for breakdown by local
authority area). Expenditure on the voluntary and co-operative housing programme
amounted to €206 million in 2004.
Table 6: Additions to Voluntary and Co-operative Housing
Voluntary & Co-operative
Houses
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
• Capital Assistance
• Capital Loan & Subsidy
• Part V
484
467
-
554
699
-
699
661
-
1,018
599
-
626
899
82
Total Voluntary &
Co-operative Housing
951
1,253
1,360
1,617
1,607
Voluntary and Co-operative housing stock
There are currently about 17,000 units of accommodation owned and managed by the
voluntary and co-operative housing sector.
Low cost housing sites
A total of 87 sites were made available under this scheme in 2004. The scheme is
generally targeted at households who would otherwise benefit from social housing
measures, and is also used by Voluntary Housing bodies providing houses under the
Capital Assistance or Capital Loan and Subsidy Schemes. The extent to which low
cost sites can be made available by local authorities is limited by the demands of their
own building programme requirements.
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Section 6 - Affordable and Part V Activity
Affordable housing is provided under various schemes, including the Shared
Ownership Scheme; 1999 Affordable Housing Scheme; Part V of the Planning
Development Acts 2000 – 2004; and under the Affordable Housing initiative (AHI) as
provided in Sustaining Progress Partnership Agreement.
Shared Ownership Scheme
A total of 6,283 households have benefited under the Shared Ownership Scheme in
the five years 2000 to 2004. 798 households benefited in 2004. 1,671 transactions were
approved in principle in 2004 with a further 3,099 applications received in that year.
Key data regarding the scheme in 2004 would indicate that
•
two thirds of beneficiaries had an annual income of €25,000 or less;
•
43% of beneficiaries were in a income bracket which made them eligible for rent
subsidy;
•
11% of beneficiaries were on local authority housing waiting lists;
•
58% of the houses purchased through shared ownership were priced at less than
€185,000 and
•
70% of the houses purchased using the scheme in 2004 were second-hand.
Output data for each local authority is set out at Page 75.
Affordable Housing (1999) Scheme
The 1999 affordable housing scheme provides for local authorities to provide newly
built houses at a discounted price from their own lands and allows the purchaser to
benefit from a loan of up to 97% of the house price. Since the launch of the 1999
Affordable Housing Scheme in the year 2000, 3,624 units have been provided. 860 of
these were provided in 2004. At the end of 2004 there were 1,326 houses in progress
and 2,471 new units proposed. Key data in relation to beneficiaries would indicate
that:
•
22% were eligible for mortgage subsidy;
•
92% of the houses were priced at less than €185,000 and
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•
55% of beneficiaries were in receipt of income of €25,000 or less.
Output data for each local authority is set out at Page 76.
Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 – 2004
Output of Part V housing is now beginning to gather momentum as much of the
residential building coming through in recent years was on foot on planning
permissions which predated the Planning and Development Act 2000 - 2004 and thus
did not have a Part V requirement. Increasingly, output will relate to planning
permissions to which Part V requirements do apply.
In 2004, a total of 217 social and 374 affordable housing units were acquired under
Part V agreements with developers. In addition, 1,910 social and affordable units
were in progress at the end of 2004 and 2,885 units were proposed. 10 land transfers
to local authorities have also been completed involving 10.09 hectares; a further 106
partially or fully serviced sites have been transferred to local authorities and
voluntary housing bodies; and some €10 million has been received in payments in
lieu and under the withering levy. It is clear from the returns that there has been
activity in all of the city and county councils under at least one of the options available
for complying with Part V.
Table 7: Part V Activity
2002
2003
2004
-
75
135
-
-
82
Total Social Housing
-
75
217
Affordable Housing
46
88
374
Total Social and Affordable
46
163
591
-
2
50
10
106
€1.07m
€9.75m
Social Housing
•
•
Local Authority
Voluntary and Co-operative
Housing sector
Land Transfers
Sites
Financial Contribution
(including withering levy)
26
The Department provisionally estimates that over 1,600 units will arise from Part V
activity in 2005. It is envisaged that some 6,000 social and affordable units will be
delivered under Part V between 2005 – 2007. Additionally, payments in lieu, which
are ring fenced for housing capital purposes only, together with land and sites
accruing from the take up of the alternative options will further supplement the
overall provision of social and affordable housing. (Page 78)
Summary of output under affordable housing schemes
A total of 10,415 households have been able to acquire affordable housing under these
three schemes between 2000 and 2004.
Numbers acquiring Affordable Housing
2000 - 2004
4,000
12,000
10,000
3,000
8,000
2,000
6,000
4,000
1,000
2,000
0
0
2000
2001
2002
Shared Ownership
Part V - Affordable
2003
2004 2000-2004
Affordable Housing (1999)
Total Affordable 2000-2004
Affordable Housing Initiative (AHI)
Substantial progress has been made towards meeting the target of 10,000 Affordable
Housing Initiative units as outlined in Sustaining Progress. This Initiative is aimed at
those who in the past would have expected to purchase a house from their own
resources but find they are unable to do so in the current housing market. Over 70
sites have been identified on State or local authority owned lands.
The Government passed legislation in December 2004 ‘Housing Miscellaneous
Provisions Act 2004’ which allows private financial institutions access to the
affordable housing mortgage market and facilitate the direct sale of affordable
housing units to eligible persons nominated by the local authority.
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Mortgage Allowance
The mortgage allowance scheme was introduced in 1991 to assist tenants or tenant
purchasers of local authority houses who surrender their property to the local
authority to become owner-occupiers of other dwellings. Eligibility was extended in
1995 to tenants of dwellings provided by approved voluntary housing bodies under
the rental subsidy scheme, who return their accommodation to the body, thus making
it available for re-letting. The current rate of the allowance is €11,450.
In 2004, 253 new households benefited from this scheme. Some 20 of these households
moved from local authority housing to affordable scheme housing. Details of
transactions broken down by local authority are at page 79.
Wolf Tone Street
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Sections 7 and 8 – Special needs housing
As part of their social rented accommodation programme both local authorities and
the voluntary and co-operative housing sector are involved in responding to special
housing needs, delivering accommodation for the homeless, the elderly and people
with a disability. There are also specific funding programmes for the provision of
Traveller accommodation and to adapt private housing for the needs of elderly
people and people with a disability. Output under these schemes is detailed in
section 7 and 8.
Section 7 - Traveller Accommodation
The Department continued to monitor the implementation of the 5-year local
Traveller accommodation programmes. The number of families classified as being on
the roadside (on unauthorised sites) reduced from 788 in 2003 to 601 at the end of
2004; a decrease of almost 500 families since the start of the 5-year programme. (See
pages 80-83 for breakdown by local authority)
Expenditure of €35 million was incurred in 2004 on the provision of Traveller specific
accommodation (group housing and halting sites).
Section 8 - Disabled Persons and Essential Repairs Grants
The Disabled Persons and Essential Repairs Grant schemes enable people in
accommodation which cannot be made fit in all respects at a reasonable cost to have
basic repairs carried out to their houses so that they can continue to provide an
acceptable standard of accommodation for the occupants. 7,297 grants valued at
€55.4million, were made by local authorities in respect of Disabled Persons Grants
and Essential Repairs Grants in 2004 (See pages 84-85 for further details)
Task Force for the Elderly
A Task Force for the Elderly was set up in 1982 under the aegis of the Department, to
undertake an emergency programme to improve the housing conditions of elderly
persons living alone in unfit or unsanitary accommodation.
At local level, the scheme is operated by the Community Care sections of the HSE,
which is responsible for determining the eligibility of applicants and in having the
necessary works carried out.
Typically, aid is available for necessary repairs to make a dwelling habitable for the
lifetime of the occupant. The repairs carried out are of a most basic nature to the fabric
of the house to secure it from the elements and ensure it remaining habitable for the
duration of its occupancy by the elderly person. In the interests of elderly persons, 29
whose housing conditions are improved under the scheme, it has, since its inception,
been administered with flexibility and a minimum of formality.
In 2004 €15.6 million was made available for the operation of the scheme and some
4,365 households were aided.
Section 9 - Private Rented Housing
Until the establishment of the new tenancy registration system operated by the PRTB,
landlords were required to register their tenancies with the local authorities. Those
regulations were repealed with effect from 1st September 2004 so the registration
statistics relate only to the period up to 31 August 2004. Local authorities continue to
be responsible for the enforcement of the standards and rent books regulations and
will receive registration fee income collected by the PRTB for the purpose of these
enforcement functions, calculated on a basis that takes into account their level of
activity so as to encourage more proactive enforcement activity. (Pages 86-87)
Section 10 - Capital Investment in Housing
Details of the amount of capital expenditure invested in housing are contained in
section 10. The value added contributed by housing construction is estimated to have
amounted to more than €15billion in 2004, contributing 12% of Ireland’s gross
national product. (Page 88)
Baile and Choiste, Galway
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Appendix I: Statistical Tables
Section 1:
Housing Activity
HOUSE COMPLETIONS BY SECTOR
Period
Social Housing
Local Authority
Voluntary & Co-operative
Houses*
Houses
Private Houses
Total
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2,204
3,622
4,403
4,516
3,539
951
1,253
1,360
1,617
1,607
46,657
47,727
51,932
62,686
71,808
49,812
52,602
57,695
68,819
76,954
2002
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
450
1,009
973
1,971
318
312
309
421
11,210
12,119
13,662
14,941
11,978
13,440
14,944
17,333
2003
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
837
1,084
1,355
1,240
318
386
409
504
12,554
14,439
16,376
19,317
13,709
15,909
18,140
21,061
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
(r)692
905
(r)535
1,407
246
520
220
621
(r)15,783
17,811
(r)17,458
20,756
16,721
19,236
18,213
22,784
31.8%
8.5%
18.9%
-0.6%
2.3%
8.8%
20.7%
14.6%
5.6%
9.7%
19.3%
11.8%
-22.6%
34.7%
-46.2%
23.2%
25.7%
23.4%
6.6%
7.4%
22.0%
20.9%
0.4%
8.2%
-51.2%
111.4%
-57.7%
182.3%
-18.3%
12.8%
-2.0%
18.9%
-20.6%
15.0%
-5.3%
25.1%
Annual percentage change
2001
2002
2003
2004
64.3%
21.6%
2.6%
-21.6%
Percentage change on corresponding quarter of previous year
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
-17.3%
-16.5%
-60.5%
13.5%
Percentage change on previous quarter
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
*
(r)
-44.2%
30.8%
-40.9%
163.0%
Does not include second-hand houses acquired by local authorities but includes units acquired
under Part V, Planning and Development Acts 2000-2004 for local authority rental purposes .
Revised.
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Section 1: Housing Activity
HOUSE COMPLETIONS BY AREA 2004
County Councils
(including Borough
& Town Councils)
Social Housing
Local Authority
Voluntary & Co-operative
Private
Total
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
54
196
19
0
0
25
1,098
1,511
1,787
1,152
1,707
1,831
Cork County
Cork City Council
Cork Total
168
172
340
87
0
87
5,657
2,192
7,849
5,912
2,364
8,276
Donegal
164
127
2,521
2,812
D/Laoghaire-Rathdown
Fingal
South Dublin
Dublin City Council
Dublin Total
50
175
244
278
747
128
158
56
215
557
1,599
7,401
2,469
4,037
15,506
1,777
7,734
2,769
4,530
16,810
Galway County
Galway City Coucil
Galway Total
93
25
118
100
59
159
3,199
1,465
4,664
3,392
1,549
4,941
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
106
104
51
203
80
33
80
9
60
0
2,603
3,295
1,324
1,363
764
2,742
3,479
1,384
1,626
844
Limerick County
Limerick City
Limerick Total
53
32
85
60
1
61
1,669
1,291
2,960
1,782
1,324
3,106
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
North Tipperary
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
South Tipperary
41
126
97
99
56
131
29
22
127
78
4
89
23
11
5
3
47
13
42
27
864
2,113
2,115
3,440
666
1,717
1,440
1,135
1,143
526
909
2,328
2,235
3,550
727
1,851
1,516
1,170
1,312
631
54
26
80
0
19
19
1,194
1,078
2,272
1,248
1,123
2,371
113
185
88
33
93
0
1,979
2,765
1,988
2,125
3,043
2,076
400
400
71,808
76,954
Waterford County
Waterford City Council
Waterford Total
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
Conversions
TOTALS
3,539
1,607
Notes:- (a) Total house completions are based on the number of new dwellings connected by the ESB to
the electricity supply and may not accord precisely with local authority boundaries.
(b) Local Authority includes new build under regeneration projects for Cork and Dublin City
Councils.
(c) L. A. includes units acquired under Part V, Planning & Development Acts, 2000-2004 for local
authority rental purposes.
(d) Voluntary & co-operative housing consists of housing provided under the capital loan and
subsidy and capital assistance schemes.
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Section 1: Housing Activity
TOTAL & PRIVATE HOUSE COMPLETIONS - BY AREA
County Councils
Total House Completions
Private House Completions
(including Borough
and Town Councils)
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
717
696
1,652
658
883
1,487
695
1,163
1,466
897
1,154
1,679
1,152
1,707
1,831
643
644
1,563
513
790
1,416
683
953
1,413
782
1,004
1,571
1,098
1,511
1,787
Cork County
Cork City Council
Cork Total
4,546
1,186
5,732
4,838
752
5,590
4,754
812
5,566
6,325
1,053
7,378
5,912
2,364
8,276
4,356
1,081
5,437
4,429
646
5,075
4,440
570
5,010
5,980
914
6,894
5,657
2,192
7,849
Donegal
2,545
2,722
2,765
3,120
2,812
2,346
2,460
2,160
2,848
2,521
D/Laoghaire-Rathdown 860
Fingal
4,044
South Dublin
2,139
Dublin City Council
2,362
Dublin Total
9,405
1,166
3,602
1,746
3,091
9,605
785
4,308
3,406
4,124
12,623
1,871
7,019
2,134
3,370
14,394
1,777
7,734
2,769
4,530
16,810
843
3,976
1,906
2,178
8,903
1,077
3,495
1,490
2,638
8,700
703
4,155
3,293
3,280
11,431
Galway County
Galway City Council
Galway Total
2,117
1,116
3,233
2,467
1,436
3,903
2,265
1,496
3,761
3,170
2,305
5,475
3,392
1,549
4,941
2,002
1,035
3,037
2,348
1,359
3,707
2,075
1,407
3,482
3,042
1,927
4,969
3,199
1,465
4,664
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
1,665
2,366
736
839
658
1,813
2,426
1,007
1,027
750
1,838
3,126
1,119
862
691
2,667
2,971
1,183
1,031
708
2,742
3,479
1,384
1,626
844
1,581
2,305
671
791
626
1,603
2,165
844
905
687
1,623
2,934
1,088
808
612
2,403
2,824
1,102
903
678
2,603
3,295
1,324
1,363
764
Limerick County
Limerick City Council
Limerick Total
586
1,234
1,820
754
1,326
2,080
1,452
766
2,218
1,835
1,150
2,985
1,782
1,324
3,106
515
1,190
1,705
620
1,129
1,749
1,269
718
1,987
1,647
1,131
2,778
1,669
1,291
2,960
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
North Tipperary
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
South Tipperary
311
1,513
2,237
2,303
426
1,132
900
411
708
521
614
2,046
1,790
2,553
685
1,006
945
500
778
546
735
1,923
1,694
2,924
611
1,263
853
740
755
589
659
2,288
2,022
3,687
660
1,257
1,308
890
1,065
646
909
2,328
2,235
3,550
727
1,851
1,516
1,170
1,312
631
275
1,417
2,021
2,227
372
1,119
818
383
627
440
496
1,908
1,654
2,381
567
935
877
464
679
484
620
1,743
1,660
2,696
558
1,166
737
650
675
484
500
2,011
1,942
3,519
588
1,154
1,101
773
953
482
864
2,113
2,115
3,440
666
1,717
1,440
1,135
1,143
526
Waterford County
1,074
Waterford City Council 318
Waterford Total
1,392
1,000
402
1,402
1,324
460
1,784
1,171
996
2,167
1,248
1,123
2,371
1,026
196
1,222
943
282
1,225
1,172
254
1,426
1,079
788
1,867
1,194
1,078
2,272
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
1,578
2,432
1,484
1,517
1,955
1,914
1,187
2,342
2,002
1,585
2,743
1,800
2,125
3,043
2,076
1,478
2,198
1,408
1,478
1,773
1,792
1,125
2,002
1,806
1,480
2,524
1,670
1,979
2,765
1,988
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
49,812
52,602
57,695
68,819
76,954
46,657
47,727
51,932
Conversions
TOTALS
Note:-
1,662 1,599
6,744 7,401
2,042 2,469
2,518 4,037
12,966 15,506
62,686 71,808
Total house completions are based on the number of new dwellings connected by the ESB to the electricity
supply and may not accord precisely with local authority boundaries.
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Section 1: Housing Activity
NEW HOUSES COMPLETED BY TYPE 2004
County Councils
(including Borough
and Town Councils)
House
House
House
Flat
Bungalow
Detached
Semi-Detached
Terraced
Apartment
Total
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
160
85
239
108
506
631
639
928
735
83
2
4
162
186
222
1,152
1,707
1,831
Cork County
Cork City Council
Cork Total
432
30
462
1,485
53
1,538
3,456
1,245
4,701
52
17
69
487
1,019
1,506
5,912
2,364
8,276
Donegal
D/Laoghaire-Rathdown
Fingal
South Dublin
Dublin City Council
Dublin Total
385
5
64
24
3
96
1,080
62
337
60
118
577
1,061
795
4,565
1,385
1,271
8,016
34
96
700
264
66
1,126
252
819
2,068
1,036
3,072
6,995
2,812
1,777
7,734
2,769
4,530
16,810
Galway County
Galway City Council
Galway Total
205
1
206
1,651
22
1,673
1,154
854
2,008
28
0
28
354
672
1,026
3,392
1,549
4,941
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
605
337
211
203
71
809
443
295
254
337
968
2,153
520
868
312
39
91
210
123
3
321
455
148
178
121
2,742
3,479
1,384
1,626
844
Limerick County
Limerick City Council
Limerick Total
398
11
409
274
30
304
690
726
1,416
63
19
82
357
538
895
1,782
1,324
3,106
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
North Tipperary
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
South Tipperary
36
139
453
204
81
387
147
118
100
96
258
281
823
349
289
411
218
484
581
109
445
1,435
798
2,565
314
859
1,013
459
220
365
8
179
8
101
1
26
10
12
0
3
162
294
153
331
42
168
128
97
411
58
909
2,328
2,235
3,550
727
1,851
1,516
1,170
1,312
631
Waterford County
Waterford City Council
Waterford Total
156
14
170
254
9
263
752
467
1,219
31
18
49
55
615
670
1,248
1,123
2,371
95
948
222
6,665
297
441
157
13,516
1,273
1,240
1,206
37,736
10
115
115
2,531
450
299
376
16,106
2,125
3,043
2,076
76,554
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
TOTALS
Note:- This data are based on the number of new dwellings connected by the ESB to the electricity supply
but exclude conversions.
34
9,029
8,870
8,934
6,665
2001
2002
2003
2004
8.7%
13.1%
15.5%
17.3%
18.4%
% share
13,516
13,276
13,157
15,471
14,828
Detached
17.7%
19.4%
23.0%
29.6%
30.0%
% share
37,736
23,522
18,633
14,006
14,470
Semi-D
This data has been provided by the ESB, but excludes conversions.
9,070
2000
Note:
Bungalow
Year
49.3%
34.4%
32.5%
26.8%
29.3%
% share
2,531
7,848
4,997
3,070
2,158
Terraced
3.3%
11.5%
8.7%
5.9%
4.4%
% share
NEW HOUSES COMPLETED BY TYPE 2000 TO 2004
16,106
14,839
11,638
10,626
8,886
Apartment
21.0%
21.7%
20.3%
20.4%
18.0%
% share
76,554
68,419
57,295
52,202
49,412
TOTAL
Section 1: Housing Activity
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Section 1: Housing Activity
NEW HOUSE GUARANTEE REGISTRATIONS
2004
County
2000
2001
2002
2003
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Total
Carlow
369
305
429
719
248
292
108
199
847
Cavan
270
201
370
572
239
207
267
393
1,106
Clare
891
648
864
1,157
299
546
268
365
1,478
Cork
4,424
2,957
6,004
5,827
1,691
2,425
1,128
1,181
6,425
850
710
804
1,078
265
148
200
300
913
Dublin
8,122
8,724
18,243
16,708
4,402
5,349
4,324
4,639
18,714
Galway
1,831
1,780
2,941
2,811
570
849
568
541
2,528
739
639
1,561
1,272
394
424
521
423
1,762
2,064
1,933
2,192
3,264
549
846
865
698
2,958
Kilkenny
607
648
1,064
946
261
370
261
282
1,174
Laois
809
346
821
1,152
236
719
199
414
1,568
Leitrim
259
313
213
516
115
227
178
133
653
Limerick
1,381
862
1,824
3,197
1,022
536
364
394
2,316
Longford
103
131
238
419
295
113
229
71
708
Louth
1,298
855
1,340
1,763
426
426
305
296
1,453
Mayo
903
407
837
955
264
424
254
190
1,132
Meath
2,595
1,993
2,904
3,615
1,057
728
711
851
3,347
Monaghan
205
147
190
158
26
21
48
79
174
Offaly
638
399
640
1,220
167
455
239
199
1,060
Roscommon
254
289
347
445
255
287
181
239
962
Sligo
369
335
556
765
168
358
295
135
956
Tipperary
1,024
538
1,098
1,411
442
613
467
363
1,885
Waterford
1,121
881
1,550
1,575
493
531
363
384
1,771
976
777
1,031
1,609
409
309
333
209
1,260
Wexford
1,697
1,049
1,611
1,584
627
527
609
389
2,152
Wicklow
814
978
1,345
2,121
471
235
513
261
1,480
TOTALS
34,613
28,845
51,017
56,859
15,391 17,965
13,798
13,628
60,782
Donegal
Kerry
Kildare
Westmeath
Notes:-
(a)
Q1, Q2, and Q3 2004 have been revised.
(b)
Data up to and including 2001 represent HomeBond Registrations.
(c)
Data from 2002 includes HomeBond Registrations and Premier Guarantee Registrations.
(d)
County figures include all County Councils, City, Borough and Town Councils within the
County.
36
Section 1: Housing Activity
COMMENCEMENT NOTICES 2004
2004
Number of Notices
Total number of
Of which, includes
Received
Residential units
Single Houses
Commenced
January
1,861
5,984
1,362
February
1,858
7,148
1,535
March
2,407
7,570
2,035
April
2,141
6,653
1,850
May
2,095
7,819
1,759
June
2,199
7,624
1,806
July
2,122
6,330
1,643
August
2,022
6,066
1,700
September
1,958
5,303
1,587
October
1,699
7,037
1,447
November
1,687
5,899
1,400
December
1,146
4,258
955
TOTALS
23,195
77,691
19,079
Notes:-
Data has been collected on a monthly basis from Residential Commencement Notices, received
by all of the 37 Building Control Authorities. This series began 1st January 2004.
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Section 1: Housing Activity
SUPPLY OF HOUSING LAND
Survey of housing zoned serviced land availability - 30 June 2004
Zoned serviced land
County & City Councils
Hectares
No. of Housing Units
227
360
608
4,489
7,877
11,196
1,148
191
1,339
26,369
6,102
32,471
145
2,578
D/Laoghaire-Rathdown
Fingal
South Dublin
Dublin City Council
Dublin Total
252
1,134
664
219
2,269
13,388
35,623
34,022
29,160
112,193
Galway County
Galway City Council
Galway Total
861
164
1,025
21,915
5,795
27,710
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
575
501
752
227
71
16,595
12,654
18,285
5,675
1,432
Limerick County
Limerick City Council
Limerick Total
413
26
439
9,258
987
10,245
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
North Tipperary
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
South Tipperary
59
482
219
174
123
89
402
61
290
791
1,334
14,990
4,940
5,370
2,331
1,859
10,058
1,350
8,032
20,494
Waterford County
Waterford City Council
Waterford Total
92
174
266
1,941
4,743
6,684
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
235
630
181
5,017
16,454
4,411
12,540
366,724
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
Cork County
Cork City Council
Cork Total
Donegal
TOTALS
Notes:- (a)
(b)
38
County figures include serviced land data for Borough Councils and Town Councils where
applicable.
Serviced land refers to land that has the necessary water, sewerage, transport or other services
required to bring the land into development and sufficient for planning permission to be
granted and construction to commence.
Section 2:
House Prices
NEW HOUSE PRICES AT LOAN APPROVAL STAGE BY AREA
Period
Whole Country
Dublin
Cork
Galway
Limerick
Waterford
Other Areas
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
€
169,191
182,863
198,087
224,567
249,191
€
221,724
243,095
256,109
291,646
322,628
€
166,557
174,550
184,369
211,980
237,858
€
163,824
171,161
187,607
223,388
242,218
€
145,834
152,205
168,574
197,672
210,868
€
145,713
155,488
167,272
195,173
220,286
€
154,050
166,834
179,936
203,125
228,057
2002
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
189,931
196,905
199,220
206,879
240,402
252,657
266,742
267,240
178,922
185,397
183,365
190,630
180,430
180,300
195,325
198,349
159,302
167,858
170,975
177,206
158,783
160,384
174,411
174,467
171,922
181,316
179,450
186,575
2003
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
213,904
222,532
225,356
235,688
278,819
289,345
295,158
303,193
201,094
202,298
211,549
233,465
215,724
219,970
226,706
231,657
185,769
196,580
203,765
201,615
186,132
187,848
204,896
205,703
192,065
200,300
205,464
213,494
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
238,084
246,299
249,348
262,277
311,813
322,899
324,304
329,447
232,783
229,341
236,719
252,726
230,558
244,074
233,180
261,304
203,781
210,095
207,984
221,725
210,838
227,363
217,176
223,067
216,079
225,083
231,217
239,209
9.6%
5.4%
13.9%
10.6%
4.8%
5.6%
15.0%
12.2%
4.5%
9.6%
19.1%
8.4%
4.4%
10.8%
17.3%
6.7%
6.7%
7.6%
16.7%
12.9%
8.3%
7.9%
12.9%
12.3%
Annual Percentage change
2001
2002
2003
2004
8.1%
8.3%
13.4%
11.0%
Percentage change on corresponding quarter of previous year
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
11.3%
10.7%
10.6%
11.3%
11.8%
11.6%
9.9%
8.7%
15.8%
13.4%
11.9%
8.3%
6.9%
11.0%
2.9%
12.8%
9.7%
6.9%
2.1%
10.0%
13.3%
21.0%
6.0%
8.4%
12.5%
12.4%
12.5%
12.0%
-0.3%
-1.5%
3.2%
6.8%
-0.5%
5.9%
-4.5%
12.1%
1.1%
3.1%
-1.0%
6.6%
2.5%
7.8%
-4.5%
2.7%
1.2%
4.2%
2.7%
3.5%
Percentage change on previous quarter
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
1.0%
3.5%
1.2%
5.2%
2.8%
3.6%
0.4%
1.6%
39
Section 2: House Prices
NEW HOUSE PRICES (EXCLUDING APARTMENTS) AT LOAN APPROVAL
STAGE BY AREA
Period
Whole Country
Dublin
Cork
Galway
Limerick
Waterford
Other Areas
€
€
€
€
€
€
€
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
166,155
181,146
194,835
220,573
244,852
216,433
252,192
259,381
302,270
343,251
164,535
175,372
184,884
210,733
236,076
160,972
171,578
187,194
222,578
241,545
146,838
154,515
169,577
193,854
209,850
145,087
157,767
169,681
193,642
218,447
154,141
167,493
179,988
203,421
228,974
2002
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
187,273
193,910
195,450
202,991
241,907
256,523
272,221
269,408
180,145
186,425
182,468
190,960
178,140
181,588
195,576
197,082
161,681
170,585
170,655
175,897
162,617
162,883
176,307
175,311
172,690
181,091
179,536
186,131
2003
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
209,666
218,405
222,556
231,504
282,551
297,738
312,303
321,320
199,754
201,918
211,638
230,682
215,015
218,958
226,822
230,124
184,415
192,312
198,702
198,651
186,555
185,175
204,662
203,199
192,147
200,591
205,760
214,315
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
235,292
240,985
245,522
257,779
333,323
347,764
343,683
347,467
234,967
227,399
233,311
250,238
231,456
240,889
231,561
262,295
202,580
210,576
206,452
220,494
210,343
226,573
213,237
221,001
217,033
225,813
231,986
240,868
16.5%
2.9%
16.5%
13.6%
6.6%
5.4%
14.0%
12.0%
6.6%
9.1%
18.9%
8.5%
5.2%
9.7%
14.3%
8.3%
8.7%
7.6%
14.1%
12.8%
8.7%
7.5%
13.0%
12.6%
Annual Percentage change
2001
2002
2003
2004
9.0%
7.6%
13.2%
11.0%
Percentage change on corresponding quarter of previous year
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
12.2%
10.3%
10.3%
11.3%
18.0%
16.8%
10.0%
8.1%
17.6%
12.6%
10.2%
8.5%
7.6%
10.0%
2.1%
14.0%
9.9%
9.5%
3.9%
11.0%
12.8%
22.4%
4.2%
8.8%
13.0%
12.6%
12.7%
12.4%
1.9%
-3.2%
2.6%
7.3%
0.6%
4.1%
-3.9%
13.3%
2.0%
3.9%
-2.0%
6.8%
3.5%
7.7%
-5.9%
3.6%
1.3%
4.0%
2.7%
3.8%
Percentage change on previous quarter
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
40
1.6%
2.4%
1.9%
5.0%
3.7%
4.3%
-1.2%
1.1%
Section 2: House Prices
NEW APARTMENT PRICES AT LOAN APPROVAL STAGE
Period
Whole Country
Dublin
Cork
Galway
Limerick
Waterford
Other Areas
€
€
€
€
€
€
€
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
205,682
196,386
220,298
250,235
271,016
243,338
224,485
249,250
274,347
299,667
191,725
159,741
175,674
229,976
251,942
190,509
168,145
190,217
231,084
248,041
137,457
129,876
159,457
221,717
217,585
152,424
127,174
137,604
223,468
237,372
150,911
153,404
179,112
198,214
215,978
2002
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
206,328
215,007
230,223
236,034
237,169
245,412
255,543
262,049
161,302
170,617
201,367
183,043
194,842
172,498
193,550
205,996
138,592
148,109
175,714
188,333
125,321
139,610
138,379
155,348
161,930
184,153
177,293
194,625
2003
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
248,351
249,522
244,141
256,955
271,068
274,096
268,251
281,611
226,905
208,278
210,117
261,147
224,318
227,910
225,262
243,583
207,590
224,366
225,486
218,684
166,326
247,893
208,234
233,477
190,215
195,232
200,515
202,969
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
253,641
273,152
272,005
280,074
283,845
299,260
298,653
311,697
212,278
245,230
267,410
267,587
224,512
266,515
250,966
248,877
212,444
205,313
218,733
226,821
217,325
241,239
247,576
234,225
202,157
214,345
219,468
223,441
-7.7%
11.0%
10.1%
9.2%
-16.7%
10.0%
30.9%
9.6%
-11.7%
13.1%
21.5%
7.3%
-5.5%
22.8%
39.0%
-1.9%
-16.6%
8.2%
62.4%
6.2%
1.7%
16.8%
10.7%
9.0%
Annual Percentage change
2001
2002
2003
2004
-4.5%
12.2%
13.6%
8.3%
Percentage change on corresponding quarter of previous year
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
2.1%
9.5%
11.4%
9.0%
4.7%
9.2%
11.3%
10.7%
-6.4%
17.7%
27.3%
2.5%
0.1%
16.9%
11.4%
2.2%
2.3%
-8.5%
-3.0%
3.7%
30.7%
-2.7%
18.9%
0.3%
6.3%
9.8%
9.5%
10.1%
-18.7%
15.5%
9.0%
0.1%
-7.8%
18.7%
-5.8%
-0.8%
-2.9%
-3.4%
6.5%
3.7%
-6.9%
11.0%
2.6%
-5.4%
-0.4%
6.0%
2.4%
1.8%
Percentage change on previous quarter
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
-1.3%
7.7%
-0.4%
3.0%
0.8%
5.4%
-0.2%
4.4%
41
Section 2: House Prices
SECOND-HAND HOUSE PRICES AT LOAN APPROVAL STAGE BY AREA
Period
Whole Country
Dublin
Cork
Galway
Limerick
Waterford
Other Areas
€
€
€
€
€
€
€
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
190,550
206,117
227,799
264,898
294,667
247,039
267,939
297,424
355,451
389,791
169,064
179,687
200,155
240,444
273,605
166,145
189,713
206,571
249,404
278,813
142,188
157,176
172,273
201,477
218,869
141,662
155,242
170,342
201,871
220,029
158,442
171,203
192,301
218,061
235,829
2002
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
213,390
227,063
229,412
241,054
274,714
297,723
300,599
318,694
184,610
194,398
204,936
215,821
193,116
200,175
207,645
224,531
161,242
175,959
170,581
181,826
160,038
163,352
173,334
184,164
177,275
192,252
196,755
201,135
2003
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
243,604
267,646
266,444
277,818
323,087
367,314
350,603
372,910
215,719
233,328
258,832
249,138
231,973
253,456
241,651
268,334
186,748
195,105
209,017
211,090
186,837
200,859
206,736
210,181
206,241
215,319
221,510
227,260
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
274,274
301,620
293,114
308,899
362,845
399,536
382,505
411,439
250,491
276,879
288,285
276,956
272,282
285,920
282,943
273,665
198,417
238,036
209,220
231,457
214,441
212,650
225,636
228,051
224,298
235,110
237,504
246,733
8.5%
11.0%
19.5%
9.7%
6.3%
11.4%
20.1%
13.8%
14.2%
8.9%
20.7%
11.8%
10.5%
9.6%
17.0%
8.6%
9.6%
9.7%
18.5%
9.0%
8.1%
12.3%
13.4%
8.1%
Annual Percentage change
2001
2002
2003
2004
8.2%
10.5%
16.3%
11.2%
Percentage change on corresponding quarter of previous year
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
12.6%
12.7%
10.0%
11.2%
12.3%
8.8%
9.1%
10.3%
16.1%
18.7%
11.4%
11.2%
17.4%
12.8%
17.1%
2.0%
6.2%
22.0%
0.1%
9.6%
14.8%
5.9%
9.1%
8.5%
8.8%
9.2%
7.2%
8.6%
0.5%
10.5%
4.1%
-3.9%
1.5%
5.0%
-1.0%
-3.3%
-6.0%
20.0%
-12.1%
10.6%
2.0%
-0.8%
6.1%
1.1%
-1.3%
4.8%
1.0%
3.9%
Percentage change on previous quarter
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
42
-1.3%
10.0%
-2.8%
5.4%
-2.7%
10.1%
-4.3%
7.6%
Section 2: House Prices
SECOND-HAND HOUSE PRICES (EXCL. APARTMENTS) AT LOAN
APPROVAL STAGE BY AREA
Period
Whole Country
Dublin
Cork
Galway
Limerick
Waterford
Other Areas
€
€
€
€
€
€
€
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
190,165
206,490
227,329
265,110
294,948
248,451
271,421
302,053
364,738
402,687
169,491
180,467
200,633
241,032
270,256
168,121
192,652
207,757
250,600
278,083
140,397
158,600
172,731
201,881
218,693
141,922
157,830
172,521
202,371
221,124
158,679
171,958
192,805
218,910
236,565
2002
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
213,640
226,626
228,692
240,114
278,817
301,631
306,239
324,638
185,381
195,535
204,797
215,731
195,799
199,844
210,034
224,953
164,429
175,522
170,678
180,840
162,456
167,347
175,227
184,113
177,577
192,565
197,546
201,566
2003
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
242,723
268,140
266,973
278,309
329,300
379,768
359,316
381,345
215,227
233,436
260,295
250,066
233,511
256,177
243,091
266,968
188,046
193,456
209,914
212,827
185,525
202,552
207,782
210,076
207,105
216,044
222,135
228,624
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
273,509
303,148
292,411
310,191
370,643
415,432
394,165
427,333
246,558
273,499
280,282
279,365
271,052
286,055
282,578
272,085
198,473
239,118
209,813
229,235
214,998
213,310
226,925
230,159
225,517
235,738
238,278
247,238
9.2%
11.3%
20.8%
10.4%
6.5%
11.2%
20.1%
12.1%
14.6%
7.8%
20.6%
11.0%
13.0%
8.9%
16.9%
8.3%
11.2%
9.3%
17.3%
9.3%
8.4%
12.1%
13.5%
8.1%
Annual Percentage change
2001
2002
2003
2004
8.6%
10.1%
16.6%
11.3%
Percentage change on corresponding quarter of previous year
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
12.7%
13.1%
9.5%
11.5%
12.6%
9.4%
9.7%
12.1%
14.6%
17.2%
7.7%
11.7%
16.1%
11.7%
16.2%
1.9%
5.5%
23.6%
0.0%
7.7%
15.9%
5.3%
9.2%
9.6%
8.9%
9.1%
7.3%
8.1%
-1.4%
10.9%
2.5%
-0.3%
1.5%
5.5%
-1.2%
-3.7%
-6.7%
20.5%
-12.3%
9.3%
2.3%
-0.8%
6.4%
1.4%
-1.4%
4.5%
1.1%
3.8%
Percentage change on previous quarter
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
-1.7%
10.8%
-3.5%
6.1%
-2.8%
12.1%
-5.1%
8.4%
43
Section 2: House Prices
SECOND-HAND APARTMENT PRICES AT LOAN APPROVAL STAGE
Period
Whole Country
Dublin
Cork
Galway
Limerick
Waterford
Other Areas
€
€
€
€
€
€
€
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
196,949
201,014
233,080
262,459
291,758
232,431
239,238
269,651
300,906
319,333
160,047
158,691
190,166
229,819
322,076
147,914
164,763
196,515
238,265
286,113
163,216
138,977
167,312
196,116
221,118
138,869
119,477
144,187
193,852
197,642
149,350
152,440
180,778
197,998
219,627
2002
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
210,643
231,878
238,252
251,148
246,779
272,752
270,058
286,418
169,972
172,339
208,031
217,942
166,995
202,698
185,228
221,301
131,939
180,033
168,824
191,905
134,025
120,825
145,566
184,797
171,491
186,025
169,208
191,391
2003
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
253,444
262,108
259,520
272,582
290,602
296,722
293,746
321,882
225,239
231,639
226,640
233,824
217,664
232,986
227,008
284,216
166,474
218,626
192,643
195,624
201,690
169,536
177,200
211,549
184,054
196,036
205,305
202,275
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
282,774
284,574
300,553
297,613
317,901
304,281
320,942
334,152
305,038
331,994
396,514
242,254
286,770
284,529
286,637
286,655
197,566
224,125
201,658
255,082
204,300
196,938
180,750
201,008
195,698
219,293
218,071
238,553
2.9%
12.7%
11.6%
6.1%
-0.8%
19.8%
20.9%
40.1%
11.4%
19.3%
21.2%
20.1%
-14.9%
20.4%
17.2%
12.7%
-14.0%
20.7%
34.4%
2.0%
2.1%
18.6%
9.5%
10.9%
Annual Percentage change
2001
2002
2003
2004
2.1%
16.0%
12.6%
11.2%
Percentage change on corresponding quarter of previous year
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
11.6%
8.6%
15.8%
9.2%
9.4%
2.5%
9.3%
3.8%
35.4%
43.3%
75.0%
3.6%
31.7%
22.1%
26.3%
0.9%
18.7%
2.5%
4.7%
30.4%
1.3%
16.2%
2.0%
-5.0%
6.3%
11.9%
6.2%
17.9%
30.5%
8.8%
19.4%
-38.9%
0.9%
-0.8%
0.7%
0.0%
1.0%
13.4%
-10.0%
26.5%
-3.4%
-3.6%
-8.2%
11.2%
-3.3%
12.1%
-0.6%
9.4%
Percentage change on previous quarter
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
44
3.7%
0.6%
5.6%
-1.0%
-1.2%
-4.3%
5.5%
4.1%
Section 2: House Prices
RANGES OF HOUSE PRICES - WHOLE COUNTRY
Year
Percentages
Not exceeding
€150,000
%
€150,001 to
€200,000
%
€200,001 to
€250,000
%
€250,001 to
€300,000
%
€300,001 to
€350,000
%
Exceeding
€350,000
%
30.5
36.2
38.1
35.1
29.2
10.6
15.8
17.8
21.9
24.1
4.4
6.3
7.6
11.1
16.2
2.0
3.1
3.8
5.0
8.8
2.9
3.8
5.5
7.2
11.8
43.1
32.4
24.7
16.8
10.5
27.9
32.1
30.5
24.4
20.8
12.4
16.6
19.2
20.7
21.5
6.2
7.6
8.8
15.0
18.0
3.7
4.2
5.5
7.9
10.0
6.8
7.1
11.2
15.2
19.1
45.3
33.3
25.6
18.0
10.2
28.8
33.5
33.4
28.8
24.2
11.8
16.3
18.7
21.2
22.6
5.6
7.1
8.4
13.4
17.3
3.1
3.8
4.9
6.7
9.5
5.4
6.0
9.1
12.0
16.2
NEW HOUSES
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
49.6
34.9
27.1
19.7
9.9
SECOND -HAND HOUSES
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
ALL HOUSES
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Note:-
Ranges of house prices have been derived from mortgage loan statistical survey forms which have
been submitted by borrowers at loan payments stage and returned to the Department by the
mortgage lending agencies.
45
Section 2: House Prices
RANGES OF HOUSE PRICES - DUBLIN ONLY
Year
Percentages
Not exceeding
€150,000
%
€150,001 to
€200,000
%
€200,001 to
€250,000
%
€250,001 to
€300,000
%
€300,001 to
€350,000
%
Exceeding
€350,000
%
50.4
34.0
31.2
17.9
8.3
20.2
36.5
33.3
39.5
23.8
7.1
12.2
12.8
18.0
26.2
4.8
4.9
6.7
8.6
17.2
8.8
8.9
13.3
14.7
23.3
17.3
7.6
3.7
1.6
1.2
34.6
35.5
25.2
10.3
5.4
19.0
26.3
27.8
24.3
19.6
9.6
11.6
13.4
23.1
24.0
6.2
6.2
9.0
12.8
15.6
13.3
12.8
20.8
27.8
34.3
15.7
6.8
3.5
1.6
1.2
37.5
35.2
26.5
12.2
6.2
19.2
28.2
28.9
28.1
20.7
9.2
11.7
13.3
21.8
24.6
5.9
6.0
8.5
11.8
16.0
12.4
12.1
19.2
24.5
31.4
NEW HOUSES
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
8.7
3.5
2.7
1.3
1.2
SECOND -HAND HOUSES
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
ALL HOUSES
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Note:-
46
Ranges of house prices have been derived from mortgage loan statistical survey forms which have
been submitted by borrowers at loan payments stage and returned to the Department by the
mortgage lending agencies.
Section 2: House Prices
NATIONAL HOUSE BUILDING COST INDEX
BASE: JANUARY 1991 = 100
Month
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
January
135.8
154.3
169.9
174.2
179.6
February
136.1
154.7
170.0
174.5
179.7
March
136.4
155.6
~ 169.5
174.5
179.9
April
136.5
157.4
169.5
177.3
179.9
May
136.8
157.6
169.5
177.3
180.0
June
136.9
157.7
169.7
177.4
180.2
July
137.2
161.1
173.8
177.1
181.1
August
137.2
165.9
173.9
177.2
182.2
September
137.7
166.0
173.9
177.2
182.2
October
153.8
169.3
173.9
177.2
183.9
November
153.8
169.4
174.0
177.2
184.2
December
153.9
169.3
174.1
177.2
184.2
Yearly
141.0
161.5
171.8
176.5
181.5
7.6%
14.5%
6.4%
2.7%
2.8%
average
Increase on
previous year
1.
The index relates to costs ruling on the first day of each month.
2.
The index relates solely to labour and material costs which should normally not exceed 65% of the total
price of a house. It does not include items such as overheads, profit, interest charges, land development
etc.
~
The drop in the March 2002 figure is due to a decrease in the rate of PRSI from 12% to 10.75% with effect
from 1st March, 2002.
47
Section 3:
Housing Loans
HOUSING LOANS APPROVED
Period
New Houses
Number
Value €m
Second-hand Houses
Number
Value €m
Totals
Number
Value €m
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
33,289
29,277
39,399
39,676
50,018
3726.2
3695.9
5985.9
6968.2
9750.0
47,567
39,785
53,737
58,212
54,287
5277.4
5036.6
8373.4
10477.8
11269.2
80,856
69,062
93,136
97,888
104,305
9003.7
8732.6
14359.3
17446.1
21019.2
2002
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
9,518
11,362
9,401
9,118
1380.7
1699.2
1426.7
1479.3
12,301
15,569
13,138
12,729
1825.8
2397.8
2052.6
2097.3
21,819
26,931
22,539
21,847
3206.5
4097.0
3479.3
3576.5
2003
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
8,654
11,524
9,820
9,678
1437.1
1988.7
1681.1
1861.4
12,005
16,020
15,613
14,574
1997.1
2819.7
2772.9
2888.2
20,659
27,544
25,433
24,252
3434.2
4808.3
4454.0
4749.6
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
10,969
13,752
13,098
12,199
2040.4
2596.4
2572.2
2541.1
12,772
14,820
14,062
12,633
2479.2
3115.5
2889.0
2785.5
23,741
28,572
27,160
24,832
4519.6
5711.8
5461.2
5326.5
-0.8%
62.0%
16.4%
39.9%
-16.4%
35.1%
8.3%
-6.7%
-4.6%
66.3%
25.1%
7.6%
-14.6%
34.9%
5.1%
6.6%
-3.0%
64.4%
21.5%
20.5%
6.4%
-7.5%
-9.9%
-13.3%
24.1%
10.5%
4.2%
-3.6%
14.9%
3.7%
6.8%
2.4%
31.6%
18.8%
22.6%
12.1%
-12.4%
16.0%
-5.1%
-10.2%
-14.2%
25.7%
-7.3%
-3.6%
-2.1%
20.3%
-4.9%
-8.6%
-4.8%
26.4%
-4.4%
-2.5%
Annual Percentage change
2001
2002
2003
2004
-12.1%
34.6%
0.7%
26.1%
Percentage change on corresponding quarter of previous year
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
26.8%
19.3%
33.4%
26.0%
42.0%
30.6%
53.0%
36.5%
Percentage change on previous quarter
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
48
13.3%
25.4%
-4.8%
-6.9%
9.6%
27.2%
-0.9%
-1.2%
Section 3: Housing Loans
HOUSING LOANS PAID
Period
New Houses
Number
Value €m
Second-hand Houses
Number
Value €m
Totals
Number
Value €m
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
31,533
29,431
32,298
35,292
44,231
3093.6
3309.2
4353.8
5398.1
7416.0
42,725
37,355
46,994
49,457
54,478
4504.6
4354.7
6471.4
8125.7
9517.2
74,258
66,786
79,292
84,749
98,709
7598.2
7664.0
10825.2
13523.7
16933.2
2002
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
6,601
8,245
8,333
9,119
809.1
1062.8
1135.8
1346.1
8,071
12,232
13,418
13,273
1035.3
1658.4
1883.8
1893.9
14,672
20,477
21,751
22,392
1844.3
2721.2
3019.6
3240.0
2003
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
7,166
8,536
9,515
10,075
1043.5
1301.2
1424.2
1629.3
10,676
12,465
11,232
15,084
1451.6
1862.1
2418.1
2393.9
17,842
21,001
20,747
25,159
2495.0
3163.2
3842.3
4023.2
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
9,047
11,261
11,074
12,849
1364.2
1763.5
2088.0
2200.3
12,718
13,760
14,765
13,235
1957.2
2326.1
2704.2
2529.8
21,765
25,021
25,839
26,084
3321.4
4089.5
4792.2
4730.0
7.0%
31.6%
24.0%
37.4%
-12.6%
25.8%
5.2%
10.2%
-3.3%
48.6%
25.6%
17.1%
-10.1%
18.7%
6.9%
16.5%
0.9%
41.2%
24.9%
25.2%
19.1%
10.4%
31.5%
-12.3%
34.8%
24.9%
11.8%
5.7%
22.0%
19.1%
24.5%
3.7%
33.1%
29.3%
24.7%
17.6%
-15.7%
8.2%
7.3%
-10.4%
-18.2%
18.8%
16.3%
-6.4%
-13.5%
15.0%
3.3%
0.9%
-17.4%
23.1%
17.2%
-1.3%
Annual Percentage change
2001
2002
2003
2004
-6.7%
9.7%
9.3%
25.3%
Percentage change on corresponding quarter of previous year
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
26.2%
31.9%
16.4%
27.5%
30.7%
35.5%
46.6%
35.0%
Percentage change on previous quarter
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
-10.2%
24.5%
-1.7%
16.0%
-16.3%
29.3%
18.4%
5.4%
49
Section 3: Housing Loans
RANGES OF LOANS PAID - WHOLE COUNTRY
Year
Percentages
Not exceeding
€100,000
%
€100,001 to
€150,000
%
€1500,001 to
€200,000
%
€200,001 to
€250,000
%
€250,001 to
€300,000
%
Exceeding
€300,000
%
31.0
35.8
36.0
34.8
25.5
1.1
16.7
21.5
27.0
28.5
1.9
3.2
5.2
10.0
14.2
0.9
1.8
1.7
3.7
7.4
0.6
1.3
1.9
2.3
9.7
59.7
50.5
38.0
28.7
20.8
24.6
27.5
28.1
26.7
21.0
10.3
13.8
19.2
21.8
22.1
2.6
2.9
7.5
11.6
14.0
1.4
2.9
3.1
5.5
7.7
1.4
2.4
4.2
5.8
14.4
58.0
47.3
36.4
26.1
18.3
26.8
30.3
31.1
30.0
22.8
10.6
14.8
20.0
23.9
24.7
2.3
3.0
6.6
11.0
14.1
1.2
2.6
2.6
4.8
7.6
1.1
2.0
3.4
4.3
12.5
NEW HOUSES
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
54.6
41.2
33.6
22.3
14.6
SECOND - HAND HOUSES
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
ALL HOUSES
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Note:-
50
Ranges of loans paid have been derived from mortgage loan statistical survey forms which have
been submitted by borrowers at loan payments stage and returned to the Department by the
mortgage lending agencies.
Section 3: Housing Loans
RANGES OF LOANS PAID - DUBLIN AREA
Year
Percentages
Not exceeding
€100,000
%
€100,001 to
€150,000
%
€1500,001 to
€200,000
%
€200,001 to
€250,000
%
€250,001 to
€300,000
%
Exceeding
€300,000
%
32.7
22.3
16.9
11.3
7.1
32.2
40.1
42.7
36.4
19.7
5.4
11.6
13.8
28.3
28.3
2.9
4.0
5.5
10.7
19.7
2.0
3.0
5.4
7.0
20.6
45.9
39.4
27.5
18.0
12.8
27.2
25.3
19.9
17.6
12.1
16.5
21.7
26.0
22.3
18.3
4.6
5.7
12.5
19.8
20.0
2.9
4.1
6.1
10.3
13.4
2.9
3.9
7.9
12.1
23.5
42.0
35.6
25.0
15.1
10.6
28.2
24.8
19.3
16.0
10.8
19.4
25.1
29.5
25.8
18.7
4.8
6.8
12.8
21.9
22.2
2.9
4.1
6.0
10.4
15.1
2.8
3.7
7.4
10.8
22.7
NEW HOUSES
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
24.7
19.0
15.8
6.3
4.6
SECOND - HAND HOUSES
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
ALL HOUSES
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Note:-
Ranges of loans paid have been derived from mortgage loan statistical survey forms which have
been submitted by borrowers at loan payments stage and returned to the Department by the
mortgage lending agencies.
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Section 4:
Profile of Borrowers
RANGES OF INCOME OF BORROWERS - WHOLE COUNTRY
Year
Not exceeding
€30,001 to €40,001 to €50,001 to
€60,001 to
€70,001 to
Exceeding
€30,000
€40,000
€50,000
€60,000
€70,000
€80,000
€80,000
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
Based on Combined Incomes of Borrowers
NEW HOUSES
2000
4.1
15.7
24.2
20.4
14.7
8.9
11.9
2001
1.9
12.9
23.4
22.6
16.6
9.9
12.6
2002
3.3
9.8
21.1
22.4
17.4
10.3
15.6
2003
4.5
11.5
20.4
21.4
15.9
10.4
15.7
2004
2.2
8.2
17.9
21.4
16.3
11.4
22.5
SECOND - HAND HOUSES
2000
7.6
17.1
20.7
17.4
12.5
8.4
16.3
2001
4.0
14.4
21.5
20.1
14.8
9.1
16.0
2002
6.3
10.1
17.8
19.3
14.7
10.4
21.3
2003
10.0
11.2
17.5
17.9
13.5
9.5
20.3
2004
3.4
9.4
16.4
17.2
14.3
10.9
28.4
2000
6.3
16.6
22.0
18.5
13.3
8.6
14.7
2001
3.2
13.9
22.3
21.0
15.5
9.4
14.7
2002
5.1
10.0
19.2
20.6
15.8
10.4
19.0
2003
7.6
11.4
18.8
19.5
14.6
9.9
18.3
2004
2.9
8.9
17.1
19.0
15.2
11.1
25.8
ALL HOUSES
Note:-
Ranges of income of borrowers have been derived from mortgage loan statistical survey forms
which have been submitted by borrowers at loan payments stage and returned to the Department
by the mortgage lending agencies.
52
Section 4: Profile of Borrowers
RANGES OF INCOME OF BORROWERS - DUBLIN AREA
Year
Not exceeding
€30,001 to €40,001 to €50,001 to
€60,001 to
€70,001 to
Exceeding
€30,000
€40,000
€50,000
€60,000
€70,000
€80,000
€80,000
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
Based on Combined Incomes of Borrowers
NEW HOUSES
2000
0.9
3.5
12.3
18.5
21.9
18.6
24.3
2001
0.7
3.3
9.9
19.7
22.5
17.9
25.9
2002
1.3
1.8
9.3
18.0
21.2
15.8
32.6
2003
2.1
3.6
11.8
21.2
21.0
14.0
26.3
2004
0.6
1.7
8.8
20.5
18.2
14.8
35.4
SECOND - HAND HOUSES
2000
3.7
10.9
17.4
18.0
14.8
10.7
24.6
2001
2.4
8.5
16.4
19.1
17.2
11.7
24.6
2002
4.3
4.7
12.0
16.4
16.4
12.4
33.8
2003
7.3
7.3
14.0
17.1
14.1
10.9
29.3
2004
1.6
4.7
11.5
15.8
14.5
12.7
39.2
2000
3.1
9.5
16.4
18.1
16.2
12.3
24.5
2001
2.1
7.5
15.2
19.2
18.2
12.9
24.9
2002
3.6
4.1
11.4
16.8
17.5
13.2
33.5
2003
5.9
6.3
13.4
18.2
15.9
11.7
28.5
2004
1.3
3.8
10.7
17.1
15.6
13.3
38.1
ALL HOUSES
Note:-
Ranges of income of borrowers have been derived from mortgage loan statistical survey forms
which have been submitted by borrowers at loan payments stage and returned to the Department
by the mortgage lending agencies.
53
Section 4: Profile of Borrowers
OCCUPATION OF BORROWERS
Year
Professional;
Salaried;
Skilled;
Unskilled;
Farmer;
Managerial;
Non-manual
Semi-skilled
Manual
Fisherman
Employer
Manual
%
%
%
%
%
2000
48.3
13.0
28.8
9.2
0.6
2001
46.8
13.0
30.7
9.2
0.4
2002
43.3
22.6
22.7
10.5
0.9
2003
41.1
24.7
21.2
12.4
0.7
2004
41.3
33.6
14.2
9.5
1.4
Note:-
Occupation of borrowers have been derived from mortgage loan statistical survey forms which
have been submitted by borrowers at loan payments stage and returned to the Department by the
mortgage lending agencies.
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Section 4: Profile of Borrowers
OWNERSHIP STATUS OF BORROWERS
WHOLE COUNTRY
Year
DUBLIN
First time buyers
Other
First time buyers
Other
%
%
%
%
2001
63.0
37.0
65.8
34.2
2002
54.5
45.5
55.8
44.2
2003
52.1
47.9
55.0
45.0
2004
48.4
51.6
47.7
52.3
NEW HOUSES
SECOND - HAND HOUSES
2001
35.3
64.7
31.5
68.5
2002
32.3
67.6
29.2
70.8
2003
26.9
73.1
24.4
75.6
2004
24.7
75.3
22.7
77.3
2001
43.1
56.9
35.8
64.2
2002
40.3
59.7
34.3
65.7
2003
36.8
63.2
31.3
68.7
2004
34.0
66.0
28.8
71.2
ALL HOUSES
Note:-
Ownership status of borrowers have been derived from mortgage loan statistical survey forms
which were submitted by borrowers at loan payments stage and returned to the Department by
a sample of mortgage lending agencies.
It replaces 'previous tenure of borrowers' series.
55
Section 5:
Social Housing
LOCAL AUTHORITY, SOCIAL RENTED, VOLUNTARY AND CO-OPERATIVE
HOUSING PROVISION 2004
Local
Total Local
Voluntary &
Extensions/
Houses
Authority
Co-operative
Improvement
Completions &
Housing
works in lieu
Authority
Acquisitions
of re-housing
Total Social
Affordable
available
rented
Housing
for rent
accommodation
from
provision
Total
Social &
Affordable
Housing
existing
provision
stock
Carlow Co Co
64
0
11
26
101
4
105
Carlow T.C.
6
0
1
14
7
0
7
Total Carlow
70
0
12
40
122
4
126
Cavan Co Co
166
0
2
38
206
6
212
Cavan T.C.
34
0
0
18
52
0
52
Total Cavan
200
0
2
56
258
6
264
Clare Co Co
51
25
11
52
139
40
179
Ennis T.C.
21
0
1
42
64
0
64
Kilrush T.C.
0
0
2
8
10
0
10
Total Clare
72
25
14
102
213
40
253
281
0
1
142
424
60
484
65
87
6
54
212
115
327
Cork City
Cork North Co Co.
Fermoy T.C.
0
0
0
7
7
0
7
Mallow T.C.
4
0
0
17
21
0
21
Total Cork North
69
87
6
78
240
115
355
Cork South Co Co
77
0
5
60
142
106
248
Cobh T.C.
43
0
0
13
56
0
56
Kinsale T.C.
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
Macroom T.C.
6
0
0
5
11
0
11
Midleton T.C.
0
0
0
5
5
0
5
Youghal T.C.
2
0
1
7
10
0
10
Total Cork South
129
0
6
90
225
106
331
Cork West Co Co
70
0
1
33
104
10
114
Clonakilty T.C.
0
0
0
12
12
0
12
Skibbereen T.C.
13
0
0
2
15
8
23
Total Cork West
83
0
1
47
131
18
149
Donegal Co Co
142
127
15
75
359
43
402
Buncrana T.C.
23
0
0
2
25
0
25
Bundoran T.C.
1
0
0
4
5
0
5
Letterkenny T.C.
Total Donegal
56
11
0
2
22
35
0
35
177
127
17
103
424
43
467
Section 5: Social Housing
Local
Total Local
Voluntary &
Extensions/
Houses
Total Social
Affordable
Total
Authority
Authority
Co-operative
Improvement
available
rented
Housing
Social &
Completions &
Housing
works in lieu
for rent
accommodation
Affordable
of re-housing
from
provision
Housing
Acquisitions
existing
provision
stock
Dublin City
497
215
47
589
1,348
553
1,901
51
128
23
167
369
26
395
Fingal
175
158
2
68
403
232
635
South Dublin
264
56
5
139
464
87
551
Galway City
34
59
3
56
152
6
158
113
100
26
65
304
60
364
D/L-Rathdown
Galway Co Co
Ballinasloe T.C.
6
0
0
16
22
10
32
Total Galway
119
100
26
81
326
70
396
Kerry Co Co
141
33
0
88
262
25
287
Killarney T.C.
4
0
0
6
10
0
10
Listowel T.C.
0
0
0
9
9
0
9
Tralee T.C.
16
0
5
31
52
0
52
Total Kerry
161
33
5
134
333
25
358
49
80
0
61
190
75
265
Kildare Co Co
Athy T.C.
3
0
1
17
21
0
21
Naas T.C.
63
0
1
0
64
54
118
115
80
2
78
275
129
404
Kilkenny Co Co
59
9
3
31
102
19
121
Kilkenny Borough
32
0
0
15
47
0
47
224
60
12
68
364
39
403
Leitrim Co Co
82
0
3
42
127
2
129
Limerick City
58
1
18
212
289
4
293
Limerick Co Co
68
60
7
70
205
43
248
Longford Co Co
50
4
2
71
127
22
149
Longford T.C.
18
0
0
26
44
0
44
Total Longford
68
4
2
97
171
22
193
Total Kildare
Laois Co Co
57
Section 5: Social Housing
Local
Total Local
Voluntary &
Extensions/
Houses
Total Social
Affordable
Total
Authority
Authority
Co-operative
Improvement
available
rented
Housing
Social &
Completions &
Housing
works in lieu
for rent
accommodation
Affordable
of re-housing
from
provision
Housing
Acquisitions
existing
provision
stock
Louth Co Co
41
20
0
10
71
9
80
Dundalk T.C.
61
58
0
39
158
2
160
Total Louth
102
78
0
49
229
11
240
Drogheda Borough
68
11
0
33
112
0
112
Mayo Co Co
87
23
8
53
171
50
221
Ballina T.C.
4
0
0
2
6
0
6
Castlebar T.C.
1
0
0
14
15
0
15
Westport T.C.
7
0
0
10
17
0
17
Total Mayo
99
23
8
79
209
50
259
Meath Co Co
65
11
20
47
143
39
182
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
35
0
0
0
35
0
35
0
0
0
5
5
0
5
100
11
20
52
183
39
222
Kells T.C.
Navan T. C.
Trim T.C.
Total Meath
Monaghan Co Co
27
5
2
43
77
14
91
Carrickmacross T.C.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Catsleblaney T.C.
0
0
0
2
2
0
2
Clones T.C.
0
0
0
5
5
0
5
Monaghan T.C.
34
0
0
13
47
0
47
Total Monaghan
61
5
2
63
131
14
145
Offaly Co Co
30
47
2
17
96
18
114
Birr T.C.
8
0
0
6
14
0
14
Tullamore T.C.
2
0
0
4
6
0
6
Total Offaly
40
47
2
27
116
18
134
Roscommon Co Co
27
13
9
28
77
8
85
Sligo Co Co
65
42
14
12
133
22
155
Sligo Borough
95
0
2
40
137
26
163
Tipperary N Co Co
72
3
4
37
116
15
131
0
0
1
9
10
0
10
Nenagh T.C.
Templemore T.C.
Thurles T.C.
Total Tipperary N
58
2
0
0
0
2
0
2
67
0
1
15
83
20
103
141
3
6
61
211
35
246
Section 5: Social Housing
Local
Total Local
Voluntary &
Extensions/
Houses
Total Social
Affordable
Total
Authority
Authority
Co-operative
Improvement
available
rented
Housing
Social &
Completions &
Housing
works in lieu
for rent
accommodation
Affordable
of re-housing
from
provision
Housing
Acquisitions
existing
provision
stock
Tipperary S Co Co
47
27
5
43
122
19
141
Carrick-on-suir T.C.
32
0
0
10
42
1
43
0
0
0
4
4
0
4
Cashel T.C.
Tipperary T.C.
9
0
0
25
34
0
34
Total Tipperary S
88
27
5
82
202
20
222
Clonmel Borough
0
0
0
19
19
2
21
Waterford City
26
19
1
76
122
29
151
Waterford Co Co
73
0
1
51
125
52
177
Dungarvan T.C.
0
0
3
13
16
18
34
Total Waterford Co
73
0
4
64
141
70
211
Westmeath Co Co
76
33
6
32
147
152
299
Athlone T.C.
62
0
1
17
80
2
82
Total Westmeath
138
33
7
49
227
154
381
Wexford Co Co
130
93
10
77
310
48
358
Enniscorthy T.C.
18
0
1
17
36
0
36
Newross T.C.
36
0
0
25
61
0
61
Total Wexford
184
93
11
119
407
48
455
Wexford Borough
22
0
1
18
41
1
42
Wicklow Co Co
70
0
1
41
112
56
168
Arklow T.C.
20
0
0
12
32
13
45
Bray T.C.
3
0
6
14
23
0
23
Wicklow T.C.
0
0
2
2
4
0
4
93
0
9
69
171
69
240
4,510
1,607
318
3,445
9,880
2,265
12,145
Total Wicklow
TOTALS
Notes:-
Affordable Housing includes 1999 Affordable Housing, Part V Affordable, Shared Ownership, and Mortgage
Allowance.
Voluntary and co-operative housing consists of housing provided under the capital loan & subsidy and
capital assistance schemes.
Table presented by reference to Action Plans for Social & Affordable housing which were prepared on City
and County basis.
59
Section 5: Social Housing
LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING OUTPUT NEW BUILD
AND ACQUISITIONS BY AREA
County Councils
Completions
#**Completed *Acquired **Commenced
Acquisitions
(including
Borough &
Town Councils)
In
progress
at
2000
2001
Carlow
34
99
Cavan
37
93
Clare
20
71
Cork
113
Donegal
176
D/L.-Rathdown
2002
2003
2000
2001
2002
12
111
210
100
5
19
18
4
27
4
49
84
8
34
303
181
209
270
114
549
181
15
11
63
59
180
Fingal
26
107
132
Galway
Kerry
83
113
81
169
Kildare
61
Kilkenny
38
Laois
2003
2004
2004
2004
31 Dec 04
6
54
2
196
16
75
103
4
187
55
19
192
19
53
49
184
111
87
28
11
60
168
113
73
213
5
164
13
208
19
35
407
26
4
50
1
37
248
11
79
30
5
0
175
0
296
281
103
85
160
253
6
13
22
14
93
26
109
119
8
4
6
1
106
55
267
344
179
148
107
25
70
26
40
17
13
7
27
104
11
231
260
13
16
9
51
40
35
48
107
54
54
20
21
74
9
3
203
21
117
129
Leitrim
32
53
52
25
2
4
5
0
80
2
12
28
Limerick
36
58
134
155
21
30
14
4
53
15
102
135
Longford
36
102
107
64
31
44
20
12
41
27
100
143
Louth
72
90
156
172
21
25
6
2
126
44
109
130
Mayo
114
108
25
64
3
2
0
1
97
2
99
156
Meath
54
164
138
160
7
6
4
5
99
1
156
204
Monaghan
50
104
38
40
6
16
9
13
56
5
5
119
North Tipperary
13
71
97
65
10
17
4
2
131
10
70
105
Offaly
59
61
110
127
13
12
11
3
29
11
66
124
Roscommon
18
36
78
105
10
18
11
4
22
5
99
152
Sligo
50
68
66
94
20
40
22
15
127
33
77
73
South Dublin
86
140
93
61
61
55
15
3
244
20
565
1,142
116
South Tipperary
62
56
69
123
6
0
5
0
78
10
12
Waterford
48
50
152
74
9
22
0
0
54
19
98
95
Westmeath
100
39
54
100
22
40
10
1
113
25
38
47
Wexford
191
144
278
151
16
26
21
9
185
21
206
208
Wicklow
70
122
151
130
10
45
25
4
88
5
113
351
City Councils
Cork #
102
69
148
62
106
95
24
53
172
109
77
249
Dublin #
143
311
500
531
361
505
180
157
278
219
544
1,222
Galway
56
47
77
320
4
5
0
0
25
9
47
46
Limerick
35
153
13
16
11
19
16
17
32
26
1
81
Waterford
49
21
156
164
1
26
3
1
26
0
62
78
2,204
3,622
4,403
4,516
1,003
1,400
671
456
3,539
971
4,342
7,389
TOTALS
Notes:-
60
#
includes new build under regeneration projects for 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
*
acquisitions by local authorities of second-hand houses.
**
includes units acquired under Part V, Planning and Development Acts 2000-2004 for local authority rental purposes.
Section 5: Social Housing
LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING OUTPUT NEW BUILD AND
ACQUISITIONS 2004
Breakdown by County Council, City Council, Borough Council and Town Council
County
Councils
(only)
Completed
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
Cork(North)
Cork(South)
Cork(West)
Donegal
D/L-Rathdown
Fingal
Galway
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
Limerick
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
North Tipperary
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
South Dublin
South Tipperary
Waterford
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
Total (1)
Acquired
Commenced
54
165
13
45
1
69
141
50
175
87
106
41
44
203
80
53
27
36
86
64
22
68
22
22
49
244
37
54
58
121
68
2,305
10
1
38
20
76
1
1
1
0
26
35
8
15
21
2
15
23
5
1
1
5
4
8
5
16
20
10
19
18
9
2
416
22
171
43
37
13
6
185
37
296
109
202
224
35
117
12
102
100
0
95
145
1
62
62
99
57
565
8
83
38
169
79
3,174
City
Councils
Cork
Dublin
Galway
Limerick
Waterford
Total (2)
172
278
25
32
26
533
109
219
9
26
0
363
77
544
47
1
62
731
Borough
Councils
Clonmel
Drogheda
Kilkenny
Sligo
Wexford
0
48
7
78
19
0
20
25
17
3
152
65
Total (3)
Town
Councils
Completed
Acquired
Commenced
0
21
0
20
0
Arklow
Athlone
Athy
Ballina
Ballinasloe
Birr
Bray
Buncrana
Bundoran
Carlow
Carrickmacross
Carrick-on -Suir
Cashel
Castlebar
Castleblayney
Cavan
Clonakilty
Clones
Cobh
Dundalk
Dungarvan
Ennis
Enniscorthy
Fermoy
Kells
Killarney
Kilrush
Kinsale
Letterkenny
Listowel
Longford
Macroom
Mallow
Midleton
Monaghan
Naas
Navan
Nenagh
New Ross
Skibbereen
Templemore
Thurles
Tipperary
Tralee
Trim
Tullamore
Westport
Wicklow
Youghal
20
55
0
4
6
7
0
23
0
0
0
32
0
0
0
31
0
0
39
42
0
6
17
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
4
0
0
34
63
35
0
28
10
0
63
9
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
7
3
0
0
1
3
0
1
6
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
4
19
0
15
1
0
0
4
0
1
11
0
4
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
8
3
2
4
0
16
0
2
0
0
2
5
0
7
4
0
4
29
0
23
53
4
0
0
0
0
16
0
0
0
88
15
6
0
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
11
0
37
2
0
8
4
65
0
0
0
0
0
41
Total (4)
549
127
396
TOTAL (1+2+3+4)
3,539
971
4,342
61
Section 5: Social Housing
SALE OF LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSES
County
Councils (incl.
Borough and
Town Councils)
Sales completed
Sales
completed
Sales
Applications
approved*
received
2000
2001
2002
2003
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
Cork
Donegal
D/L.-Rathdown
Fingal
Galway
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
Limerick
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
North Tipperary
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
South Dublin
South Tipperary
Waterford
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
67
23
34
129
70
7
17
28
135
25
70
30
13
22
27
62
63
16
38
52
52
16
16
230
96
28
15
126
41
39
29
42
66
75
9
22
24
142
20
32
14
12
25
15
38
61
30
19
35
46
5
15
178
72
8
4
69
22
25
28
9
70
57
7
24
46
112
21
42
8
10
30
8
42
57
18
16
22
21
13
17
113
59
24
13
48
27
34
30
32
63
42
30
34
67
115
30
72
22
13
36
12
43
107
37
16
32
26
16
22
93
69
21
4
103
50
18
33
44
64
48
40
34
76
115
29
51
25
10
44
35
51
85
34
31
28
24
19
26
110
44
34
6
109
75
50
101
67
150
236
80
37
117
157
94
98
22
49
118
35
122
209
62
23
93
66
48
41
302
37
50
73
188
144
64
68
26
199
246
116
63
144
253
97
106
93
71
113
42
146
265
87
47
51
79
62
64
318
68
61
108
246
158
80
118
22
21
55
69
113
11
31
19
49
86
6
24
43
56
135
38
13
54
70
161
15
29
35
103
262
68
26
135
113
341
68
52
100
1,844
1,411
1,195
1,567
1,652
3,463
4,135
2004
City Councils
Cork
Dublin
Galway
Limerick
Waterford
TOTALS
Note:- * i.e. Letter issued by housing authority to tenant offering sale of dwelling.
62
Section 5: Social Housing
IMPROVEMENT WORKS IN LIEU OF RE-HOUSING AND EXTENSIONS TO
LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSES BY AREA
County
Improvement works in lieu of re-housing
Extensions to Local Authority Houses
(incl. Borough
No of houses:-
No of extensions:-
and Town
completed in progress commenced
Councils
Councils)
in 2004
approved
at
at
but not
31 Dec 04
31 Dec 04
commenced
completed in progress commenced
in 2004
approved
at
at
but not
31 Dec 04
31 Dec 04
commenced
Carlow
7
1
6
1
5
0
1
0
Cavan
2
3
5
4
0
4
4
4
Clare
8
1
4
2
6
0
3
1
Cork
12
20
13
20
1
2
2
2
Donegal
13
19
16
15
4
4
1
4
2
1
9
0
21
1
11
1
D/L.-Rathdown
Fingal
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
17
22
21
15
9
8
9
16
Kerry
0
5
3
1
5
9
8
4
Kildare
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
2
Kilkenny
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
Laois
5
5
10
2
7
8
15
7
Leitrim
3
4
3
3
0
4
4
2
Limerick
3
3
5
6
4
1
3
0
Galway
Longford
1
3
1
3
1
0
0
4
Louth
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Mayo
4
3
6
0
4
1
4
1
Meath
4
0
2
1
16
5
13
2
Monaghan
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
North Tipperary
2
4
5
8
4
2
5
3
Offaly
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
11
Roscommon
3
2
1
3
6
1
2
4
Sligo
10
4
7
9
6
0
3
2
South Dublin
2
0
1
1
3
0
2
0
South Tipperary
4
2
5
4
1
1
0
1
Waterford
0
0
0
0
4
3
6
5
Westmeath
2
4
4
2
5
0
4
0
Wexford
9
7
9
7
3
6
7
1
Wicklow
3
0
1
1
6
4
10
9
Cork
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
10
Dublin
6
5
5
1
41
61
66
50
Galway
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Limerick
10
2
10
6
8
2
10
2
Waterford
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
140
123
156
121
178
133
203
148
City Councils
TOTALS
63
Section 5: Social Housing
FIRST TIME LETTINGS BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Breakdown by County Council, City Council, Borough Council and Town Council
2003
First Time
Lettings
64
2004
Casual
Vacancies
Total
Lettings
County Councils
Carlow
20
Cavan
115
Clare
65
Cork (North)
52
Cork (South)
136
Cork (West)
71
Donegal
295
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
170
Fingal
256
Galway
103
Kerry
141
Kildare
110
Kilkenny
36
Laois
55
Leitrim
20
Limerick
174
Longford
95
Louth
43
Mayo
16
Meath
187
Monaghan
49
North Tipperary
88
Offaly
72
Roscommon
87
Sligo
68
South Dublin
63
South Tipperary
108
Waterford
65
Westmeath
97
Wexford
90
Wicklow
117
Total (1)
3,064
24
14
35
51
77
28
77
118
91
53
116
58
33
69
73
46
42
18
51
62
34
30
21
33
19
152
49
45
35
57
34
1,645
44
129
100
103
213
99
372
288
347
156
257
168
69
124
93
220
137
61
67
249
83
118
93
120
87
215
157
110
132
147
151
4,709
City Councils
Cork
Dublin
Galway
Limerick
Waterford
Total (2)
107
296
293
43
165
904
224
952
52
231
113
1,572
Borough Councils
Clonmel
Drogheda
Kilkenny
Sligo
Wexford
Total (3)
0
67
2
104
17
190
27
14
12
63
25
141
First Time
Lettings
Casual
Vacancies
Total
Lettings
58
60
25
53
88
46
115
32
188
94
121
49
59
198
77
63
64
36
71
72
19
58
31
82
56
229
33
46
28
88
47
2,286
26
38
52
54
60
33
75
167
68
65
88
61
31
68
42
70
71
10
53
47
43
37
17
28
12
139
43
51
32
77
41
1,699
84
98
77
107
148
79
190
199
256
159
209
110
90
266
119
133
135
46
124
119
62
95
48
110
68
368
76
97
60
165
88
3,985
331
1,248
345
274
278
2,476
207
315
36
56
20
634
142
589
56
212
76
1,075
349
904
92
268
96
1,709
27
81
14
167
42
331
0
49
20
80
22
171
19
33
15
40
18
125
19
82
35
120
40
296
Section 5: Social Housing
2003
First Time
Lettings
Town Councils
Arklow
Athlone
Athy
Ballina
Ballinasloe
Birr
Bray
Buncrana
Bundoran
Carlow
Carrickmacross
Carrick-on -Suir
Cashel
Castlebar
Castleblayney
Cavan
Clonakilty
Clones
Cobh
Dundalk
Dungarvan
Ennis
Enniscorthy
Fermoy
Kells
Killarney
Kilrush
Kinsale
Letterkenny
Listowel
Longford
Macroom
Mallow
Midleton
Monaghan
Naas
Navan
Nenagh
New Ross
Skibbereen
Templemore
Thurles
Tipperary
Tralee
Trim
Tullamore
Westport
Wicklow
Youghal
Total (4)
TOTAL (1+2+3+4)
Casual
Vacancies
2004
Total
Lettings
First Time
Lettings
Casual
Vacancies
Total
Lettings
0
14
7
0
0
51
0
0
22
99
0
0
0
32
1
0
16
0
3
56
56
34
37
30
0
64
12
0
20
11
31
1
0
0
34
0
0
0
6
17
2
0
0
34
10
22
2
2
12
738
0
20
12
11
13
11
0
0
1
12
7
0
1
10
7
20
10
0
6
46
25
37
6
8
0
34
0
0
16
6
0
8
20
5
12
4
0
0
8
1
2
0
0
21
12
3
4
9
9
437
0
34
19
11
13
62
0
0
23
111
7
0
1
42
8
20
26
0
9
102
81
71
43
38
0
98
12
0
36
17
31
9
20
5
46
4
0
0
14
18
4
0
0
55
22
25
6
11
21
1,175
22
97
4
4
6
7
4
23
1
3
2
32
0
2
0
31
0
0
43
61
0
0
26
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
5
1
0
0
63
0
0
28
10
0
54
8
0
0
2
7
8
6
578
12
17
17
2
16
6
14
2
4
14
0
10
4
14
2
18
12
5
13
39
13
42
17
7
0
6
8
0
22
9
26
5
17
5
13
0
0
9
25
2
0
15
25
31
5
4
10
2
7
546
34
114
21
6
22
13
18
25
5
17
2
42
4
16
2
49
12
5
56
100
13
42
43
7
0
6
8
0
22
9
44
10
18
5
13
63
0
9
53
12
0
69
33
31
5
6
17
10
13
1,124
4,896
3,795
8,691
3,669
3,445
7,114
65
Section 5: Social Housing
NUMBER OF LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSES LET AT 31 DECEMBER
Year
Authority
2000
County Councils
City Councils
Town Councils
45,700
37,976
16,007
TOTAL
99,683
County Councils
City Councils
Town Councils
48,081
38,316
16,392
2001
TOTAL
2002
County Councils
City Councils
Town Councils
TOTAL
2003
County Councils
City Councils
Town Councils
TOTAL
Note-:
Rented Dwellings
102,789
48,903
38,728
17,057
104,688
50,387
39,058
17,808
107,253
The figures for Town Councils include Borough Councils.
Average weekly rent of all dwellings 2000
2001
2002
2003
66
€ 23.92
€ 26.33
€ 29.62
€ 32.10
Section 5: Social Housing
LOCAL AUTHORITY MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURE
2000
€M
2001
€M
2002
€M
2003
€M
Rents
Net proceeds of Sales (to Revenue Account)
Miscellaneous
124.06
15.39
141.21
11.20
161.81
5.29
179.63
4.24
TOTAL
EXPENDITURE
139.45
152.41
167.10
183.87
Maintenance & Management
184.04
202.59
221.64
237.98
TOTAL
184.04
202.59
221.64
237.98
RECEIPTS
67
Section 5: Social Housing
LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT EXPENDITURE 2003
County Councils only
Number of
dwellings
occupied
Maintenance
expenditure
€
TOTAL
EXPENDITURE
€
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
Cork(North)
Cork(South)
Cork(West)
Donegal
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
Fingal
Galway
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
Limerick
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
North Tipperary
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
South Dublin
South Tipperary
Waterford
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
Total
621
946
994
1,207
1,801
701
3,329
3,996
3,581
1,671
2,030
1,913
1,157
1,301
855
1,695
1,032
558
1,563
1,755
522
857
786
930
733
7,516
1,050
841
940
1,745
1,761
50,387
541,386
480,714
446,777
1,013,721
305,943
177,699
1,002,317
5,979,018
4,310,100
412,665
1,056,786
1,222,221
706,092
619,265
409,340
654,000
638,870
466,575
481,909
934,783
520,368
428,904
395,200
882,163
375,522
8,077,245
890,618
319,300
250,000
1,100,000
350,000
35,449,501
567,659
441,607
32,575
1,004,654
52,171
544,881
2,089,383
5,551,161
6,309,400
3,174,755
2,699,679
348,157
1,144,379
730,788
740,000
3,622,631
1,364,548
1,005,821
618,454
2,240,237
812,105
1,115,239
1,439,100
758,375
95,000
9,826,830
1,827,125
619,559
919,294
564,911
1,715,392
53,975,871
1,109,045
922,321
479,352
2,018,375
358,114
722,580
3,091,700
11,530,179
10,619,500
3,587,420
3,756,465
1,570,378
1,850,471
1,350,053
1,149,340
4,276,631
2,003,418
1,472,396
1,100,363
3,175,020
1,332,473
1,544,143
1,834,300
1,640,538
470,522
17,904,075
2,717,743
938,859
1,169,294
1,664,911
2,065,392
89,425,37
City Councils
Cork
Dublin
Galway
Limerick
Waterford
Total
7,379
24,494
1,719
2,995
2,471
39,058
8,395,682
45,793,955
1,683,272
2,720,982
1,957,122
60,551,013
6,127,572
53,709,334
4,031,303
2,955,970
618,758
67,442,937
14,523,254
99,503,289
5,714,575
5,676,952
2,575,880
127,993,950
499
1054
461
878
726
3,618
598,267
682,176
709,366
848,943
403,346
3,242,098
659,112
1,261,003
382,561
398,601
111,005
2,812,282
1,257,379
1,943,179
1,091,927
1,247,544
514,351
6,054,380
Borough Councils
Clonmel
Drogheda
Kilkenny
Sligo
Wexford
Total
68
Other
management
expenditure
€
Section 5: Social Housing
LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT INCOME 2003
County Councils only
Rental
income
€
Miscellaneous
receipts
€
TOTAL
INCOME
€
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
Cork(North)
Cork(South)
Cork(West)
Donegal
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
Fingal
Galway
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
Limerick
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
North Tipperary
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
South Dublin
South Tipperary
Waterford
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
Total
1,159,421
1,201,201
1,752,300
1,683,536
446,534
921,374
3,763,567
8,617,886
7,556,654
2,564,144
2,860,583
3,033,844
2,232,500
1,763,738
989,010
2,903,886
1,948,861
1,125,321
2,427,574
3,103,735
671,797
1,024,411
1,049,138
1,211,688
897,428
13,547,686
1,501,551
1,503,421
1,511,318
3,565,034
2,653,297
81,192,437
0
0
156,212
134,877
913
0
6,667
0
89,923
0
124,167
0
0
221,252
5,358
76,654
0
0
0
871,793
50,549
161,496
0
0
0
31,326
390,049
11,500
0
865,954
2,933
3,201,623
1,159,421
1,201,201
1,908,512
1,818,413
447,447
921,374
3,770,234
8,617,886
7,646,577
2,564,144
2,984,750
3,033,844
2,232,500
1,984,990
994,368
2,980,540
1,948,861
1,125,321
2,427,574
3,975,528
722,346
1,185,906
1,049,138
1,211,688
897,428
13,579,012
1,891,600
1,514,921
1,511,318
4,430,988
2,656,230
84,394,060
City Councils
Cork
Dublin
Galway
Limerick
Waterford
Total
12,944,320
49,686,857
2,756,433
4,497,232
2,986,865
72,871,707
0
27,549
0
133,299
266,819
427,667
12,944,320
49,714,406
2,756,433
4,630,531
3,253,684
73,299,374
804,857
1,391,745
875,769
1,014,411
1,138,502
5,225,284
20,778
0
1,955
3,929
0
26,662
825,635
1,391,745
877,724
1,018,340
1,138,502
5,251,946
Borough Councils
Clonmel
Drogheda
Kilkenny
Sligo
Wexford
Total
69
Section 5: Social Housing
LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT EXPENDITURE 2003
Town Councils
Number of
dwellings
occupied
Maintenance
expenditure
€
Arklow
Athlone
Athy
Ballina
Ballinasloe
Birr
Bray
Buncrana
Bundoran
Carlow
Carrickmacross
Carrick-on -Suir
Cashel
Castlebar
Castleblayney
Cavan
Clonakilty
Clones
Cobh
Dundalk
Dungarvan
Ennis
Enniscorthy
Fermoy
Kells
Killarney
Kilrush
Kinsale
Letterkenny
Listowel
Longford
Macroom
Mallow
Midleton
Monaghan
Naas
Navan
Nenagh
New Ross
Skibbereen
Templemore
Thurles
Tipperary
Tralee
Trim
Tullamore
Westport
Wicklow
Youghal
Total
70
387
344
244
234
264
164
1,165
133
72
530
80
315
130
145
76
449
113
62
259
1,168
479
439
341
165
138
260
181
75
322
179
352
129
366
169
258
240
215
171
345
76
130
289
318
962
97
368
107
285
291
14,081
128,000
275,983
183,840
186,784
177,959
94,560
563,495
45,360
28,545
192,842
60,786
205,216
113,196
116,453
124,489
383,488
76,825
50,973
217,479
716,000
251,367
153,812
171,453
168,882
33,107
191,259
68,948
100,409
124,200
67,867
473,875
169,893
302,500
66,000
133,110
81,800
66,450
167,513
244,009
23,370
82,585
275,531
181,070
619,554
27,200
250,000
41,559
130,000
142,150
8,751,746
Other
management
expenditure
€
4,000
258,038
37,000
22,621
268,088
46,739
903,024
56,831
17,623
22,916
31,254
105,134
832
79,546
99,598
40,619
26,690
3,220
3,975
802,000
52,915
474,602
195,513
2,800
6,633
98,976
0
572
15,084
78,301
257,200
241,883
86,000
4,444
45,787
141,246
34,500
169,967
0
38,203
35,268
192,373
60,232
504,213
1,500
16,066
23,578
0
57,000
5,664,605
TOTAL
EXPENDITURE
€
132,000
534,021
220,840
209,405
446,047
141,299
1,466,519
102,191
46,168
215,758
92,040
310,350
114,028
195,999
224,087
424,108
103,515
54,193
221,454
1,518,000
304,282
628,414
366,966
171,682
39,740
290,235
68,948
100,981
139,284
146,168
731,075
411,776
388,500
70,444
178,896
223,046
100,950
337,480
244,009
61,572
117,853
467,904
241,302
1,123,767
28,700
266,066
65,137
130,000
199,150
14,416,351
Section 5: Social Housing
LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT INCOME 2003
Town Councils
Arklow
Athlone
Athy
Ballina
Ballinasloe
Birr
Bray
Buncrana
Bundoran
Carlow
Carrickmacross
Carrick-on -Suir
Cashel
Castlebar
Castleblayney
Cavan
Clonakilty
Clones
Cobh
Dundalk
Dungarvan
Ennis
Enniscorthy
Fermoy
Kells
Killarney
Kilrush
Kinsale
Letterkenny
Listowel
Longford
Macroom
Mallow
Midleton
Monaghan
Naas
Navan
Nenagh
New Ross
Skibbereen
Templemore
Thurles
Tipperary
Tralee
Trim
Tullamore
Westport
Wicklow
Youghal
Total
Rental
income
Miscellaneous
receipts
TOTAL
INCOME
€
€
€
537,731
482,264
260,849
374,155
407,444
213,451
1,620,157
194,960
78,433
938,605
133,921
651,671
338,287
184,568
88,954
434,948
215,825
71,336
452,076
1,446,000
546,000
724,216
564,943
229,500
171,853
353,200
275,747
94,498
385,000
228,991
593,299
155,000
443,392
268,764
341,707
368,958
298,838
174,381
547,722
105,163
208,348
496,982
447,500
1,274,080
177,229
436,226
187,644
489,096
510,993
20,224,905
0
3,111
0
9,816
20,170
13,940
21,171
317
899
3,164
0
0
3,496
0
13,588
88
170
0
28,658
50,000
0
0
88
0
3,489
134,653
0
79,725
3,652
10,244
13,514
5,034
0
3,500
0
0
813
50,572
0
14,709
200
0
20,430
35,276
0
0
158
0
3,882
548,527
537,731
485,375
260,849
383,971
427,614
227,391
1,641,328
195,277
79,332
941,769
133,921
651,671
341,782
184,568
102,542
435,036
215,995
71,336
480,734
1,496,000
546,000
724,216
565,031
229,500
175,342
487,853
275,747
174,224
388,652
239,236
606,813
160,034
443,392
272,264
341,707
368,958
299,651
224,953
547,722
119,871
208,548
496,982
467,930
1,309,356
177,229
436,226
187,802
489,096
514,875
20,773,432
71
Section 5: Social Housing
LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT EXPENDITURE 2003
Town Councils
Number of
dwellings
occupied
Maintenance
expenditure
€
Ardee
Ballybay
Ballyshannon
Bandon
Belturbet
Boyle
Cootehill
Gorey
Kilkee
Loughrea
Mountmellick
Muinebheag
Newbridge
Mullingar
Passage West
Portlaoise
Tuam
Total
GRAND TOTAL
72
Other
management
expenditure
€
TOTAL
EXPENDITURE
€
0
1
0
5
2
15
13
0
5
1
1
3
23
0
2
6
32
0
0
0
900
0
1,999
190
0
270
3,121
0
0
1,914
0
0
7,535
21,830
0
0
0
0
3,569
0
0
0
0
12,985
0
0
8,169
0
0
679
30,721
0
0
0
900
3,569
1,999
190
0
270
16,106
0
0
10,083
0
0
8,214
52,551
109
37,760
56,123
93,883
107,253
€ 108,032,119
€ 129,951,818
€ 237,983,937
Section 5: Social Housing
LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT INCOME 2003
Town Councils
Ardee
Ballybay
Ballyshannon
Bandon
Belturbet
Boyle
Cootehill
Gorey
Kilkee
Loughrea
Mountmellick
Muinebheag
Newbridge
Mullingar
Passage West
Portlaoise
Tuam
Total
GRAND TOTAL
Rental
income
Miscellaneous
receipts
TOTAL
INCOME
€
€
€
0
460
0
5,104
2,146
8,880
25,220
0
6,645
2,707
338
2,305
16,348
0
1,358
5,500
39,065
0
0
0
754
0
0
0
0
132
2,980
0
0
0
0
0
19,205
14,209
0
460
0
5,858
2,146
8,880
25,220
0
6,777
5,687
338
2,305
16,348
0
1,358
24,705
53,274
116,076
37,279
153,355
€ 179,630,409
€ 4,241,758
€ 183,872,167
73
Section 5: Social Housing
VOLUNTARY AND CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING OUTPUT BY AREA
Capital Loan and Subsidy Scheme*
County
No. of houses:Councils
completed or
(including
acquired
Borough and
in 2004
Town Councils)
Capital Assistance Scheme
No. of houses:completed or in progress
acquired
at
in 2004
31 Dec 2004
in progress
at
31 Dec 2004
commenced
ay
31 Dec 2004
0
0
1
58
120
23
158
44
4
44
0
60
0
0
0
51
0
0
0
3
47
13
21
56
0
0
0
41
0
36
4
9
0
0
52
21
0
45
40
0
32
26
0
73
68
35
35
66
0
0
0
0
236
27
26
0
0
0
50
4
9
91
0
36
0
0
45
40
0
0
0
0
73
68
0
35
12
0
0
0
0
292
25
26
0
1
0
0
0
24
29
7
105
0
56
29
36
9
0
0
60
4
38
23
11
5
0
0
0
21
0
27
0
33
52
0
62
13
22
55
34
6
59
60
6
79
27
43
10
79
20
2
28
11
92
14
11
21
0
0
43
0
0
0
32
48
12
22
53
0
6
59
40
6
106
22
0
1
50
24
2
0
11
45
14
11
21
0
0
3
0
33
0
2
Cork
Dublin
Galway
Limerick
Waterford
0
182
55
0
0
40
174
0
0
0
0
86
55
0
0
0
33
4
1
19
141
146
5
12
0
66
71
4
0
1
TOTAL
981
1,045
948
626
1,133
733
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
Cork
Donegal
D/L-Rathdown
Fingal
Galway
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
Limerick
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
North Tipperary
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
South Dublin
South Tipperary
Waterford
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
commenced
at
31 Dec 2004
City Councils
Note:-
74
*
formerly known as Rental Subsidy scheme.
Section 6:
Affordable and Part V Activity
SHARED OWNERSHIP-TRANSACTIONS COMPLETED DURING 2004
Shared Ownership
Transactions Completed by Category
Local Authority Tenant/
Tenant Purchaser
Number
Number eligible for
rental subsidy
% eligible
Tenants for more
than 1 year of a
Capital Loan and
Subsidy Scheme
Approved for
Local Authority
Housing
Compliance with
Income Formula
Total
30
16
3
2
91
42
674
282
798
342
53.3%
66.7%
46.2%
41.8%
42.9%
Transactions Completed by House Type
New House:Subsidised site provided
by Housing Authority
5
0.6%
Number
% of Total
Second-hand
House
Own site
Other
Total
10
1.3%
226
28.3%
241
30.2%
557
69.8%
Total
798
100.0%
Transactions Completed by House Price
Number
% of Total
Less than
€100,000
€100,001to
€120,000
€120,001to
€140,000
€140,001to
€155,000
€155,001to
€170,000
44
5.5%
53
6.6%
172
21.6%
96
12.0%
58
7.3%
€170,001to
€185,000
39
4.9%
Over
€185,000
336
42.1%
Total
798
100.0%
Transactions Completed by Income Category
Number
% of Total
Less than
€15,000
€15,001 to
€20,000
€20,001 to
€25,000
118
14.8%
185
23.2%
221
27.7%
€25,001 to
€29,000
115
14.4%
€29,001 to
€33,000
49
6.1%
€33,001 to
€37,000
50
6.3%
Over
€37,000
60
7.5%
Total
798
100.0%
75
Section 6: Affordable and Part V Activity
AFFORDABLE HOUSING (1999 SCHEME) - SALES COMPLETED DURING 2004
Sales completed by category
Transactions Completed by Category
Local Authority Tenant/
Tenant Purchaser
Number
Number eligible for
rental subsidy
% eligible
Tenants for more
than 1 year of a
Capital Loan and
Subsidy Scheme
Approved for
Local Authority
Housing
Compliance with
Income Formula
Total
56
24
6
2
166
46
632
114
860
186
42.9%
33.3%
27.7%
18.0%
21.6%
Transactions Completed by House Price
Less than
€100,000
Number
% of Total
60
7.0%
€100,001to
€120,000
€120,001to
€140,000
€140,001to
€155,000
€155,001to
€170,000
255
29.7%
114
13.3%
61
7.1%
272
31.6%
€170,001to
€185,000
31
3.6%
Over
€185,000
67
7.8%
Total
860
Transactions Completed by Income Category
Number
% of Total
76
Less than
€15,000
€15,001 to
€20,000
€20,001 to
€25,000
64
7.4%
182
21.2%
227
26.4%
€25,001 to
€29,000
163
19.0%
€29,001 to
€33,000
124
14.4%
€33,001 to
€37,000
51
5.9%
Over
€37,000
49
5.7%
Total
860
Section 6: Affordable and Part V Activity
SHARED OWNERSHIP AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING SCHEMES - BY AREA
County
Councils
(including
Borough and
Town Councils)
Shared Ownership
Affordable Housing (1999 Scheme)
No. of:No. of houses:transactions
approvals in applications
provided
in progress
proposed
completed principle issued received
in 2004
at
at
in 2004
but transactions
in 2004
31 Dec 2004 31 Dec 2004
not yet completed
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
Cork
Donegal
D/L-Rathdown
Fingal
Galway
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
Limerick
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
North Tipperary
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
South Dublin
South Tipperary
Waterford
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
3
3
17
101
24
0
0
15
18
70
6
26
1
10
10
1
2
23
3
13
10
4
18
18
10
1
19
5
2
8
3
47
157
35
42
210
15
19
145
8
26
0
17
9
2
2
49
3
20
11
4
42
127
14
0
32
7
11
23
19
76
259
82
97
316
33
73
185
61
63
6
64
17
11
7
63
8
40
30
20
56
179
44
1
58
9
17
0
2
12
106
12
20
2
38
4
52
4
8
0
18
10
0
22
0
8
20
0
0
28
45
0
48
103
30
48
0
0
6
105
0
9
113
4
0
19
0
82
0
5
0
8
4
0
65
0
10
0
10
255
0
0
3
8
57
0
0
10
180
0
0
234
54
50
0
0
253
0
0
0
6
0
14
38
11
32
0
0
0
0
64
30
238
161
City Councils
Cork
Dublin
Galway
Limerick
Waterford
5
329
2
2
27
87
448
14
3
54
113
940
14
29
86
54
166
0
0
0
99
421
43
0
0
517
300
167
62
50
TOTALS
798
1,671
3,099
860
1,326
2,471
Note:- The figures for Affordable Housing exclude Part V, Planning and Development Acts 2000 - 2004.
77
Section 6: Affordable and Part V Activity
PART V, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACTS 2000 - 2004
County Councils
Affordable Housing
Social Housing
(including
Borough &
No. of units 2004:-
Town Councils)
Voluntary & Co-operative
No. of units 2004:-
No. of units 2004:-
in
in
acquired progress proposed
Total Output
Local Authority
acquired
No. of units 2004:-
in
progress proposed acquired
in
progress proposed acquired progress proposed
Carlow
0
3
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
5
0
Cavan
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Clare
0
10
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
5
Cork
9
24
2
7
6
0
0
0
0
16
30
2
Donegal
0
0
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
6
D/L.-Rathdown
3
84
0
0
0
0
23
36
0
26
120
0
Fingal
222
435
1,248
61
89
143
45
110
12
328
634
1,403
Galway
5
15
25
1
8
1
0
0
0
6
23
26
Kerry
0
6
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
3
Kildare
3
38
30
0
26
16
14
0
16
17
64
62
Kilkenny
0
8
0
6
14
0
0
0
0
6
22
0
Laois
4
18
18
0
18
17
0
0
0
4
36
35
Leitrim
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
Limerick
2
3
17
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
17
Longford
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Louth
1
8
0
0
8
0
0
0
53
1
16
53
Mayo
18
42
40
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
42
40
Meath
7
26
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
26
10
Monaghan
0
0
36
0
22
8
0
0
0
0
22
44
N Tipperary
0
1
28
8
1
7
0
0
0
8
2
35
Offaly
5
10
13
0
13
3
0
0
0
5
23
16
Roscommon
0
0
0
1
0
20
0
0
0
1
0
20
Sligo
0
0
10
6
25
0
0
0
0
6
25
10
464
South Dublin
21
228
390
26
42
42
0
38
32
47
308
S Tipperary
4
3
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
6
6
0
Waterford
4
19
30
0
21
6
0
0
0
4
40
36
Westmeath
23
19
0
0
1
6
0
0
0
23
20
6
Wexford
0
2
12
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
12
Wicklow
13
30
15
2
13
15
0
0
0
15
43
30
City Councils
Cork
0
6
45
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
45
Dublin
30
159
235
2
111
214
0
76
0
32
346
449
Galway
0
2
35
0
0
15
0
0
0
0
2
50
Limerick
0
0
6
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
Waterford
0
16
0
9
4
0
0
0
0
9
20
0
374
1,215
2,259
135
435
513
82
260
113
591
1,910
2,885
TOTALS
Note:-
78
Local Authority, Voluntary & Co-operative- No of units acquired are included in the total completions figures.
Section 6: Affordable and Part V Activity
MORTGAGE ALLOWANCE SCHEME - BY AREA
County Councils
(incl. Borough &
Town Councils)
Number of
Of which, No. of No. of final approvals
houses surrendered houses surrendered issued but houses
in 2004
for affordable
not yet surendered
Schemes in 2004
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
Cork
Donegal
D/L-Rathdown
Fingal
Galway
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
Limerick
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
North Tipperary
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
South Dublin
South Tipperary
Waterford
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
1
1
11
23
10
3
8
12
3
4
9
10
1
13
2
9
10
10
3
3
3
4
2
3
9
17
9
14
8
City Councils
Cork
Dublin
Galway
Limerick
Waterford
1
28
5
2
2
253
TOTALS
No. of applications
received
in 2004
2
1
0
11
3
0
0
0
3
4
0
8
0
4
0
2
3
0
3
5
3
0
1
0
5
0
10
1
5
5
3
14
31
12
1
10
16
5
7
10
10
2
13
2
13
17
6
4
7
6
4
6
3
14
20
12
17
13
1
1
28
13
0
2
1
34
6
5
2
20
118
331
3
9
2
1
1
1
2
79
Traveller Accommodation
2
114
140
114
105
60
43
73
74
Leitrim
Limerick
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
North Tipperary
Offaly
35
39
Laois
16
Kilkenny
168
Kildare
D/LRathdown
Kerry
44
Donegal
53
88
Cork
203
88
Clare
Galway
34
Cavan
Fingal
34
29
Carlow
2002
65
73
47
68
119
125
155
124
0
47
35
25
178
203
57
50
97
99
36
27
40
2003
67
81
52
69
124
129
172
130
3
61
35
32
180
215
67
43
91
107
31
27
40
2004
Authority Housing
(incl. Borough &
Town Councils)
Standard Local
0
9
0
34
5
18
0
16
0
4
1
8
0
38
23
24
12
14
11
4
12
2002
0
9
0
41
5
16
0
16
2
4
0
8
0
44
30
24
12
14
19
11
15
2003
0
9
0
41
5
19
0
16
2
4
0
7
0
50
38
22
11
14
30
11
14
2004
Group Housing
Local Authority
4
2
20
5
15
23
10
27
0
9
11
0
38
13
0
0
2
10
20
0
5
2002
21
4
20
5
15
27
6
28
1
9
13
0
46
21
0
0
1
8
23
0
4
2003
23
4
20
5
15
30
15
28
1
7
13
0
50
29
0
0
1
15
30
0
6
2004
Local Authority
assisted by
Private Houses
3
0
0
9
4
7
5
0
0
2
3
1
0
6
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
2002
6
0
0
9
4
7
9
0
0
2
3
0
0
6
0
0
1
1
2
0
2
2003
5
0
0
9
4
8
4
0
0
3
3
0
0
7
0
0
3
1
3
0
1
2004
with L.A. assistance
by Voluntary Bodies
Accommodation provided
32
19
11
49
6
11
18
27
26
12
14
29
30
24
173
29
35
14
25
21
7
2002
28
18
6
52
6
6
15
31
41
19
16
29
30
31
180
36
28
12
33
17
10
2003
42
20
13
49
3
10
16
33
33
13
16
17
28
27
152
25
26
11
22
18
4
2004
Halting Sites
Local Authority
113
103
74
157
135
173
173
184
28
66
64
54
236
284
249
97
137
126
93
54
61
2002
120
104
73
175
149
181
185
199
44
81
67
62
254
305
267
110
139
134
113
55
71
2003
137
114
85
173
151
196
207
207
39
88
67
56
258
328
257
90
132
148
116
56
65
2004
of Local Authority
by or with assistance
Total Accommodated
43
29
8
1
46
12
4
101
0
18
16
50
11
72
35
15
6
49
54
2
16
2002
42
28
3
4
42
11
13
111
3
17
7
16
6
56
15
10
5
43
34
7
8
2003
27
33
2
4
43
13
9
81
0
9
9
28
7
41
7
11
3
37
18
3
3
2004
On Unathorised sites
156
132
82
158
181
185
177
285
28
84
80
104
247
356
284
112
143
175
147
56
77
2002
162
132
76
179
191
192
198
310
47
98
74
78
260
361
282
120
144
177
147
62
79
164
147
87
177
194
209
216
288
39
97
76
84
265
369
264
101
135
185
134
59
68
2003 2004
on Unauthorised Sites
of Local Authority &
by or with assistance
Total Accommodated
TRAVELLER FAMILIES IN LOCAL AUTHORITY AND LOCAL AUTHORITY ASSISTED ACCOMMODATION AND
ON UNAUTHORISED SITES AT 26 NOVEMBER 2004
Section 7:
County Councils
80
Notes:-
TOTALS
Waterford
Limerick
Galway
Dublin
Cork
143
101
143
8
98
2,613
132
82
127
12
92
2,395
66
61
2,753
96
7
151
111
148
67
110
71
12
49
129
33
13
2004
493
0
9
29
154
0
8
14
4
0
8
24
0
10
2002
545
0
9
26
153
0
12
28
6
0
8
23
0
10
2003
582
0
9
26
157
9
12
28
6
0
8
24
0
10
2004
Group Housing
Local Authority
259
0
2
1
2
5
2
16
1
0
4
8
1
3
2002
329
0
2
1
2
5
2
20
27
0
5
9
1
3
2003
376
0
2
1
2
7
3
22
27
2
5
9
1
3
2004
Local Authority
assisted by
Private Houses
61
4
0
0
2
1
1
3
1
0
0
0
3
0
2002
67
4
0
1
2
1
1
3
0
0
0
0
3
0
2003
74
5
0
2
5
0
1
7
0
0
0
0
3
0
2004
with L.A. assistance
by Voluntary Bodies
Accommodation provided
1,314
20
43
36
153
70
27
18
19
12
17
237
27
23
2002
1,398
21
36
42
171
66
30
15
35
11
22
257
30
18
2003
1,321
21
42
44
159
62
30
23
37
11
21
232
34
27
2004
Halting Sites
Local Authority
4,522
116
66
193
393
208
99
145
76
21
72
370
53
49
2002
4,952
123
55
213
429
215
111
171
139
22
79
402
61
44
2003
5,106
122
60
224
434
226
113
190
141
25
83
394
71
53
2004
of Local Authority
by or with assistance
Total Accommodated
939
2
6
1
62
32
29
111
7
14
20
31
21
15
2002
788
4
0
0
71
9
32
96
0
2
22
29
30
12
2003
601
2
1
0
41
14
23
74
2
8
17
4
22
5
2004
On Unathorised sites
5,461
118
72
194
455
240
128
256
83
35
92
401
74
64
2002
124
(a) directly by local authorities (b) by voluntary bodies or travellers themselves with assistance of local authorities (c) traveller families on unauthorised site or other unserviced locations.
This page relates to numbers of traveller families, which have been accommodated:
travellers.
61
224
475
240
136
264
143
33
100
398
93
58
5,740 5,707
127
55
213
500
224
143
267
139
24
101
431
91
56
2003 2004
on Unauthorised Sites
of Local Authority &
by or with assistance
Total Accommodated
This information supplied by local authorities is for the purposes of monitoring progress made at local level in meeting the accommodation needs of traveller families and cannot be regarded as a census of the number of
City Councils
Wicklow
71
105
94
Westmeath
51
11
9
Wexford
44
43
Waterford
South Tipperary
113
27
22
101
South Dublin
13
2003
13
Sligo
Roscommon
2002
(incl. Borough &
Town Councils)
Standard Local
Authority Housing
County Councils
Section 7: Traveller Accommodation
81
284
236
54
Galway
Kerry
Kildare
74
103
113
49
53
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
157
Meath
North Tipperary
135
Mayo
Monaghan
173
173
Louth
Limerick
Longford
28
184
Leitrim
64
249
Fingal
66
97
D/L-Rathdown
Laois
137
Donegal
Kilkenny
93
126
Cork
Cavan
Clare
61
54
Carlow
71
61
44
120
104
73
175
149
181
185
199
44
81
67
62
254
305
267
110
139
134
113
55
71
53
137
114
85
173
151
196
207
207
39
88
67
56
258
328
257
90
132
148
116
56
65
2004
of Local Authority *
and Town Councils)
2003
by or with assistance
(incl. Borough
2002
Total Accommodated
82
County Councils
21
15
43
29
8
1
46
12
4
101
0
18
16
50
11
72
35
15
6
49
54
2
16
2002
30
12
42
28
3
4
42
11
13
111
3
17
7
16
6
56
15
10
5
43
34
7
8
2003
22
5
27
33
2
4
43
13
9
81
0
9
9
28
7
41
7
11
3
37
18
3
3
2004
On Unauthorised Sites *
0
0
3
0
1
0
7
31
22
100
0
3
5
10
0
10
0
0
0
8
6
0
8
2002
0
0
4
0
1
0
8
31
24
100
0
3
5
10
12
4
0
0
0
7
2
0
9
2003
(Estimate)
0
0
4
0
1
0
8
31
25
100
0
5
5
15
15
4
0
0
0
10
2
0
10
2004
Own Resources
2
0
5
3
4
4
2
12
0
6
0
2
4
1
2
13
3
0
17
16
3
0
4
2002
3
3
5
7
3
0
10
41
10
8
1
11
9
3
2
25
12
4
16
12
8
0
4
2003
(Estimate)
2
4
14
5
6
5
18
40
17
10
9
13
6
7
5
29
35
0
29
18
29
0
3
2004
Private Rented
3
10
3
1
4
16
11
7
11
2
3
0
2
0
4
3
5
19
13
12
12
0
10
2002
4
9
2
2
4
0
16
11
16
59
1
2
1
2
5
14
4
12
9
7
8
1
16
2003
11
11
2
3
2
3
12
15
23
52
0
5
5
3
8
16
5
0
5
19
20
2
14
2004
Sharing Housing
99
79
74
167
136
91
178
201
235
210
393
31
89
91
115
253
382
292
131
173
211
168
56
98
68
173
141
84
179
225
275
248
477
49
114
89
93
279
404
298
136
169
203
165
63
108
2003
106
73
184
155
96
185
232
295
281
450
48
120
92
109
293
418
304
101
169
232
185
61
95
2004
of accommodation
in all categories
Traveller Families
Total Number of
2002
TOTAL NUMBER OF TRAVELLER FAMILIES IN ALL CATEGORIES OF ACCOMMODATION AT
26 NOVEMBER 2004
Section 7: Traveller Accommodation
Wicklow
4,522
Waterford
TOTALS
55
4,952
123
5,106
122
60
224
434
226
113
190
141
25
83
394
939
2
6
1
62
32
29
111
7
14
20
31
2002
788
4
0
0
71
9
32
96
0
2
22
29
2003
601
2
1
0
41
14
23
74
2
8
17
4
2004
On Unauthorised Sites *
417
32
1
0
0
5
2
76
73
1
7
6
2002
443
32
1
1
0
1
2
82
73
1
7
23
2003
(Estimate)
464
32
0
1
0
2
2
86
73
1
7
25
2004
Own Resources
162
2
0
35
0
10
0
3
3
0
1
5
2002
293
7
0
40
4
12
1
7
11
0
1
13
2003
(Estimate)
486
10
6
41
13
14
4
20
14
1
4
55
2004
Private Rented
249
2
4
11
32
11
2
19
1
0
5
11
2002
323
5
4
14
22
12
1
28
5
0
6
21
2003
334
5
3
14
22
11
2
28
5
0
4
4
2004
Sharing Housing
6,289
154
77
240
487
266
132
354
160
36
105
423
2002
6,799
171
60
268
526
249
147
384
228
25
115
488
2003
6,991
171
70
280
510
267
144
398
235
35
115
482
2004
of accommodation
in all categories
Traveller Families
Total Number of
"Family" is taken to mean parent(s) and/or children and relatives normally resident with them.
"Sharing housing accommodation" it is assumed that they are predominantly families sharing accommodation designed for single family occupancy.
"Group housing" is housing specifically designed to accommodate a number of traveller families.
"Unauthorised sites" includes families on the roadside, in private yards, gardens, fields and unofficial sites.
"Halting sites" includes permanent, temporary and transient sites.
families sharing housing accommodation (incl. group houses/standard lettings).
(d) estimated number of families who have provided accommodation from their own resources (e) estimated number of families living in privated rented acommodation (f)
This page is a summary table of the estimated total number of traveller families in the state on 26 November 2004. It includes those families on the previous page, as well as:
cannot be regarded as a census of the number of travellers.
Notes:- This information supplied by local authorities is for the purposes of monitoring progress made at local level in meeting the accommodation needs of traveller families and
66
116
Limerick
429
213
393
193
Galway
Dublin
Cork
111
171
215
99
Wexford
139
22
79
402
208
145
Westmeath
City Councils
21
76
Waterford
72
370
South Tipperary
South Dublin
2004
of Local Authority *
and Town Councils)
2003
by or with assistance
(incl. Borough
2002
Total Accommodated
County Councils
Section 7: Traveller Accommodation
83
Section 8:
Disabled Persons & Essential Repairs
Grants Paid
DISABLED PERSONS GRANTS PAID BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Year and
Quarter
Number
Value
€000
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
3,646
4,883
5,932
5,739
5,222
27,693
41,736
52,599
50,481
45,814
2002
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
1,235
1,364
1,276
2,057
10,103
11,738
10,796
19,961
2003
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
1,395
1,319
1,381
1,644
12,274
11,156
12,231
14,820
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
1,152
1,181
1,337
1,552
10,121
10,347
10,456
14,891
ESSENTIAL REPAIRS GRANTS PAID BY LOCAL AUTHORIES
Year and
Quarter
Number
Value
€000
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
1,366
1,917
3,274
2,842
2,075
5,117
8,977
16,099
13,303
9,585
2002
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
583
632
747
1,312
2,592
2,817
3,551
7,138
2003
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
706
640
750
746
3,176
2,842
3,273
4,013
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
505
445
497
628
2,400
2,117
2,232
2,836
Disabled persons grants are payable by local authorities for works necessary for the proper accommodation of
a physically disabled, severely mentally handicapped or severely mentally ill person. The effective maximum
grant payable in respect of a private dwelling is €20,320 or 90% of the approved cost of adaptation, whichever
is less. The grant may cover the full cost of adapting a rented local authority dwelling. Two thirds of the
disabled persons grant paid is recouped to the local authority by the Department of the Environment, Heritage
and Local Government.
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Section 8: Disabled Persons & Essential Repairs Grants Paid
DISABLED PERSONS & ESSENTIAL REPAIRS GRANTS PAID BY LOCAL
AUTHORITIES IN 2004
County
Councils
(including
Borough and
Town Councils)
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
Cork
Donegal
D/L-Rathdown
Fingal
Galway
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
Limerick
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
North Tipperary
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
South Dublin
South Tipperary
Waterford
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
Disabled Persons Grants Paid
No. of:payments
approvals
applications
Essential Repairs Grants Paid
No. of :payments
approvals
applications
24
99
95
211
184
82
141
253
177
89
54
191
176
146
131
56
250
82
116
83
51
166
94
209
217
188
96
59
112
19
119
94
292
344
79
136
444
326
74
63
194
154
222
130
99
298
93
116
119
97
122
128
213
299
124
107
62
75
86
107
113
291
355
167
164
522
373
90
86
165
200
250
176
220
385
222
153
188
132
112
201
317
296
188
152
107
211
53
95
22
116
272
0
2
150
76
35
25
67
195
48
30
5
107
30
38
15
18
102
14
57
31
37
56
37
40
47
73
30
191
344
1
2
173
126
19
26
84
185
57
29
21
99
36
38
12
19
89
32
71
18
16
33
35
27
83
94
39
177
316
7
5
301
167
62
28
117
179
73
68
9
201
107
50
41
43
85
67
102
31
37
97
49
55
City Councils
Cork
Dublin
Galway
Limerick
Waterford
174
1,040
82
53
41
174
1,153
124
74
45
160
1,592
139
63
62
0
283
17
0
2
0
257
17
0
4
0
314
24
0
6
TOTALS
5,222
6,212
8,045
2,075
2,211
3,034
Disabled persons grants are payable by local authorities for works necessary for the proper accommodation
of physically disabled, severely mentally handicapped or severely mentally ill person. The effective
maximum grant payable in respect of a private dwelling is €20,320 or 90% of the approved cost of
adaptation, whichever is less. The grant may cover the fullcost of adapting a rented local authority dwelling.
Two thirds of the disabled persons grant paid is recouped to the local authority by the Department of the
Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
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Section 9:
Private Rented Housing
ENFORCEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR STANDARDS & RENT BOOKS
IN 2004
Standards
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Rent Books
County
Councils
(including
Borough and
Town Councils)
Inspections
carried out
Dwellings
Inspected
not meeting
regulatory
requirements
Legal
action
initiated
Inspections
carried
out
Notices
served
Legal
action
initiated
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
Cork
Donegal
D/L-Rathdown
Fingal
Galway
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
Limerick
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
North Tipperary
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
South Dublin
South Tipperary
Waterford
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
0
0
0
0
0
678
1,188
0
1
0
4
10
0
3
0
0
1
0
3
61
1
0
0
92
0
0
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
272
2
0
1
0
0
6
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
600
1,188
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
0
0
92
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
City Councils
Cork
Dublin
Galway
Limerick
Waterford
730
4,354
94
6
0
310
1,467
31
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
2,153
0
0
0
0
20
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
TOTALS
7,232
2,106
4
4,061
36
0
Section 9: Private Rented Housing
REGISTRATION OF HOUSES, LANDLORDS - 31 AUGUST 2004
County Councils (including
Borough & Town Councils)
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
Cork
Donegal
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
Fingal
Galway
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
Limerick
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
North Tipperary
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
South Dublin
South Tipperary
Waterford
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
Number of houses
registered
at 31 August 2004 *
Number of landlords
of registered houses
at 31 August 2004 *
840
181
610
962
305
956
612
792
911
973
244
68
165
606
82
496
239
20
224
244
272
230
175
103
457
422
374
401
372
561
130
466
688
197
735
528
508
591
750
200
55
141
503
74
399
155
18
179
154
104
180
124
87
410
221
309
241
386
12,336
9,094
987
6,075
2,020
740
416
505
4,050
1,635
454
257
Total
10,238
6,901
GRAND TOTAL
22,574
15,995
Total
City Councils
Cork
Dublin
Galway
Limerick
Waterford
Notes:-
(a)
(b)
These figures include only registered houses and landlords where annual registration fees are
paid up to date.
* From 1 September 2004 this data will be from the Private Residential Tenancies Board and
not directly collected from the Local Authorities as heretofore.
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Section 10: Capital Investment in Housing
PUBLIC CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ON HOUSING MAIN CONSTITUENTS
2000
€M
2001
€M
2002
€M
2003
€M
2004
€M
Local Authority Housing
Voluntary & Co-operative Housing
Shared Ownership
House Purchase and Improvement Loans etc.
Private Housing Grants
Affordable Housing (including Part V)
Other Housing
521.2
91.9
149.4
38.6
59.4
5.5
11.6
826.3
143.6
204.3
49.2
70.3
22.1
12.6
999.2
165.4
200.0
89.0
80.4
50.0
13.1
917.5
210.9
212.0
96.0
93.2
139.0
13.6
932.9
182.6
127.8
74.8
60.3
120.7
17.9
TOTALS
877.6
1,328.4
1,597.1
1,682.2
1,517.0
CAPITAL FORMATION IN HOUSING (EXCLUDING SITE COSTS)
Gross National Product at market prices *
Gross Domestic fixed capital formation *
Capital formation in housing **
Capital formation in housing as a percentage
of gross domestic fixed capital formation
Capital formation in housing as a
percentage of gross national product
2000
€M
2001
€M
2002
€M
2003
€M
2004 (P)
€M
88,155
25,321
6,423
97,107
27,057
7,426
104,474
28,983
8,802
111,671
31,815
11,704
122,552
36,509
15,047
25%
27%
30%
37%
41%
7%
8%
8%
10%
12%
* From CSO "National Accounts".
** From DKM - DEHLG "Review of the Construction Industry 2003 and Outlook 2004-2006".
(P) Provisional - Source, CSO National Accounts
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Appendix II
Summary of Social and Affordable Housing Schemes
An outline of the various schemes is provided below. Further information can be
obtained from the Department’s website (www.environ.ie) or from the websites and
housing offices of local authorities.
Social Housing
Social Rented Accommodation
Local authorities are the main providers of housing for people in need of housing who
cannot afford it from their resources. Applicants must be accepted by the local
authority as being in need of housing and houses are allocated to based on a scheme
of letting priorities. Rents are related to ability to pay.
Local authorities may also use other methods to respond to households in need of
social housing.
Improvement Works in lieu
of local authority housing
Under this scheme, the local authority may improve
or extend a privately owned house to eliminate
defects or to provide additional accommodation
where it is necessary to eliminate overcrowding or to
accommodate a person not at present residing in the
house. The scheme is can also be availed by local
authority tenants, tenant purchasers or certain
voluntary housing tenants who move to a privately
owned house requiring improvement works. The
scheme does not apply to improvements to private
rented houses.
The carrying out of the works must satisfy the
housing needs of the household and result in their
removal from the housing waiting list. Persons
benefiting under the scheme are required to pay a
weekly or monthly charge related to their means and
the cost of the works carried out by the local
authority.
Local Authority
Extensions Scheme
This scheme enables local authorities to extend
rented local authority houses to cater for households
who would otherwise qualify for inclusion in a
housing assessment. The scheme applies to rented
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local authority houses, which can be economically
extended to cater for persons accepted as in need of
local authority housing. It includes cases where the
need is due to overcrowding, where an approved
applicant not living in the house can be adequately
accommodated in the house after it has been
extended, and where a tenant or tenant purchaser
surrenders a dwelling on being accommodated in the
extended house.
Tenant Purchase Scheme
Tenants of a local authority house for at least one year may apply to the relevant local
authority to purchase it either outright or by way of shared ownership. The price of
the house will be its market value, as determined by the local authority, in its existing
state of repair and condition, less discounts. The structural condition of the house is
taken into account and any increase in the market value due to improvements made
to the house by the tenant will be disregarded in calculating the price. The discount
is 3% of the value of the house for each year of tenancy of a local authority house (up
to a maximum of 10 years), plus €3,809.
Voluntary Housing Bodies, including Co-Operative Housing
Voluntary and Co-operative housing is supported by local authorities and the
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government under two separate
schemes which provide social rented accommodation, as follows:
Capital Assistance Scheme
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Under this scheme, voluntary housing bodies
provide accommodation to meet special housing
needs such as those of the elderly, people with a
disability, homeless, returning emigrants or smaller
families. The approved voluntary housing bodies are
responsible for tenancy allocations in consultation
with the local authorities. A minimum of 75% of the
houses in each project are reserved for persons whose
applications for local authority housing have been
approved by the local authority, homeless persons, or
local authority tenants and tenant purchasers who
return their dwellings to the local authority.
However, one third of these may be allocated to
eligible elderly returning emigrants. The remaining
houses in a project are let to people nominated by the
voluntary housing body. Rents are determined
having regard to tenants means and the cost of
managing and maintaining the dwellings.
Capital Loan and
Subsidy Scheme
Under this scheme, voluntary housing bodies
provide housing for renting, particularly to meet the
needs of low-income families. Not less than threequarter of the dwelling units are let to households
that have qualified for local authority housing. Rents
are determined taking account of household earnings
and circumstances. Tenants of the houses are
centrally involved in the management of their
estates.
Affordable Housing
Schemes
Affordable housing is provided under the Shared
Ownership Scheme; 1999 Affordable Housing
Scheme; Part V Planning Development Acts 2000 –
2004 Acts; and the Sustaining Progress Affordable
Housing Initiative.
Other measures which assist people acquire their own home include the Mortgage
Allowance Scheme; Local Authority house purchase and improvement loans; Local
Authority low cost housing sites and under the Affordable Housing Initiative as
provided for in the Sustaining Progress Partnership Agreement. Local authority
tenants can also purchase the dwelling they are renting from the local authority
through the tenant purchase scheme described earlier.
Shared Ownership Scheme
Shared ownership involves the purchase of a new or second hand home with the local
authority initially taking at least a 40% stake, which they rent to the beneficiary. The
individual funds their equity stake through a local authority loan. While they are
buying a share in the home, ownership is shared between themselves and the local
authority. They make payments on a mortgage for the part they own and pay rent to
the local authority for the other part at a rate of 4.3% of the value of the share in the
ownership held by the local authority. The rent is increased annually by 4.5%.
To be eligible for the above schemes, a household must be:
•
In need of housing and satisfy an income test, ie a single income household’s
gross income should not exceed €36,800, while in the case of a two income
household, that two and a half times the gross income of the principal earner
plus once the gross income of the subsidiary earner should not exceed €92,000,
or
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•
Have been approved for local authority social housing, or
•
Be an existing local authority tenant or a tenant of voluntary housing
associations in certain circumstances
A graded subsidy towards the rent is available to shared owners whose household
income in the preceding tax year is €25,500 or less.
1999 Affordable Housing Scheme
Under the 1999 affordable housing scheme, local authorities provide newly built
houses at a discounted price on their own lands. A site subsidy of up to €38,100 a
house is available from the Department for the City Councils and the Dublin local
authorities and €31,800 in other local authorities to assist with affordability. The
purchaser can also benefit from a loan of up to 97% of the house price.
Eligibility for this scheme is based on the same criteria as for the shared ownership
scheme. There is also a graded subsidy towards the mortgage available to those
households whose incomes in the preceding tax year is €25,500 or less.
Anti-profiteering measure
In the event of an affordable dwelling provided under the 1999 Affordable Housing
Scheme, being re-sold within 20 years, a "clawback" or anti-profiteering provision
allows for the payment of a proportion of the proceeds to the local authority. The
percentage of the proceeds to be repaid will be equal to the percentage discount
originally received from the local authority, but this declines on a sliding scale over
time.
Affordable Housing under the Planning Acts – Part V Schemes
Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 - 2004 requires, inter alia, that up
to 20% of land zoned for residential developments or for a mix of residential and
other uses, is to be reserved to meet social and affordable housing needs and be made
available to the local authority at the existing use value rather than development
value. Part V applies only to planning permissions for developments of 5 or more
houses on zoned land of 0.1 hectares or more. It does not apply to developments by
voluntary housing bodies, or to one-off housing.
In addition to the options of providing land, units or sites within the proposed
development, agreements with developers may include the transfer of other land
within its functional area; the provision of new units on other lands within its
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functional area; the transfer of fully or partially serviced sites to the local authority or
to an approved housing association, the payment of money in lieu or a combination
of the above. While all of these options give considerable flexibility to planning
authorities and developers, the preferred option is the delivery of housing units,
particularly on site to achieve integrated mixed tenure developments.
Eligibility for Part V affordable housing is based on applicants being in need of
accommodation and their income not being adequate to meet the mortgage
repayments on a market value house appropriate to his or her accommodation needs
because such payments would exceed 35% of that person’s annual net income. In the
case of a double income household, half the net income of any subsidiary earner is
taken into account in making this assessment. The same anti-profiteering or claw
back arrangements apply to affordable housing provided under Part V as with the
1999 affordable housing scheme.
Affordable Housing Initiative
This initiative was introduced under the Sustaining Progress agreement to meet the
needs of those who would formerly have been able to purchase a house, but now find
themselves priced out of the market. The eligibility arrangements, including the antiprofiteering mechanism are the same as apply under Part V.
Mortgage Allowance Scheme
Tenants or tenant purchasers of a local authority house returning their existing house
to the local authority and taking out a mortgage of at least €38,092 to purchase a
house or to have a house built, may qualify for a mortgage allowance. The allowance
is also available to certain tenants of voluntary housing associations. The mortgage
allowance is an allowance of up to €11,450 paid on a reducing basis over 5 years and
is designed to ease the transition from rent to mortgage. The allowance is paid
directly to the mortgage lender so that the beneficiaries mortgage repayments are
reduced by the amount of the subsidy.
Low Cost Sites
Under this scheme, a local authority may make housing sites available at low cost to
households been approved for social housing by the local authority, or local authority
tenants or tenant purchasers or certain tenants of voluntary housing associations.
Voluntary Housing bodies providing houses under the Capital Assistance or Capital
loan and Subsidy Schemes may also avail of the sites scheme, as may persons taking
shared ownership through a group housing project sponsored by a housing cooperative or local authority.
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Local authority loans for house purchase and improvements
Individuals who wish to purchase a house (new or second hand) in the ordinary way
or to build a house but cannot get a loan from a building society, bank etc. may be
eligible for a local authority housing loan. In order to qualify, such individuals must:
•
Have been refused a loan from at least three financial institutions and
•
meet an income eligibility test where a single income household’s gross income
does not exceed €36,800, while in the case of a two income household, that two
and a half times the gross income of the principal earner plus once the gross
income of the subsidiary earner does not exceed €92,000.
The maximum house purchase loan available is €165,000. For house improvements,
maximum loans of €38,000 (€50,000 on offshore islands), where the loan is secured
by a mortgage on the house and €15,000, where the loan is not secured, are available.
A variable interest rate applies.
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