Annual Housing Statistics Bulletin 2008
I am pleased to present the 2008 Annual Housing Statistics Bulletin. The Bulletin
reports on the broad spectrum of housing activity which took place over the course
of last year. It also highlights some of the principal policy developments during
2008 and gives a comprehensive picture of the outputs achieved through the various
social and affordable housing programmes, reflecting the significant investment
directed at assisting less well off households.
As we all know very well at this stage, 2008 heralded a significant period of change
for the global economy which impacted significantly on the Irish housing market
through tightening of credit and poor consumer sentiment. In response, the
Government introduced a number of initiatives, through a new Home Choice Loan
operated through the local authorities and through the bank recapitalisation
programme, to improve the flow of credit for those who wish to purchase their own
home; however, activity in the housing market has remained subdued, with
significant reductions in the overall volume and value of new mortgage lending.
All of the indicators of housing activity – completions, registrations and
commencements - showed significant reductions through 2008 and the contraction
in activity has continued into 2009.
However, despite the significant challenges in the housing sector, activity under the
various housing programmes in 2008 has provided for the accommodation needs of
over 20,000 households to be met, an increase of 10% on 2007. During last year, my
Department maintained a strong focus on meeting the housing needs of the most
vulnerable in society; for example, I launched a new homeless strategy in August
2008 and the new housing adaptation grant schemes for older people and people
with a disability also became more fully established last year. Reflecting the core
objective of achieving quality housing outcomes, last year again saw a strong
emphasis on the regeneration of our existing housing stock, with some €217 million
made available to local authorities for regeneration and social housing improvement
measures, with particular emphasis on new programmes that also enhance the
environmental performance of housing. In addition, the implementation of the
housing reform agenda set out in our 2007 housing policy statement, Delivering
Homes, Sustaining Communities, took an important step forward in 2008 with the
FOREWORD BY MINISTER OF STATE
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publication of the underpinning legislation, the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Bill 2008, which was subsequently enacted in July 2009.
Towards the end of last year, the results of the 2008 Housing Needs Assessment
carried out by local authorities were published, showing net housing need rising by
over 30% to over 56,000 households since the previous assessment in 2005; more
detailed analysis of the Assessment results are presented later in this Bulletin.
Against the background of this increase in needs and the very stark reality of the
more limited resources available to Government, I have been progressing a
considerable restructuring of the Social Housing Investment Programme by giving
priority to a range of creative and flexible measures.
The most significant part of that restructuring is the use of long term lease
arrangements for the provision of social housing. I indicated last year that we
would be working to get these arrangements in place in 2009 and my Department,
in co-operation with the local authorities and the voluntary and co-operative
housing sector, is actively working to secure some 2,000 units of accommodation
under these arrangements this year. In combination with new units delivered for
social housing through the Rental Accommodation Scheme, leasing will account for
approximately 50% of all social housing completions this year. This will ensure that
we can meet significantly more housing needs than would be possible if we relied
on traditional construction and acquisition programmes alone. Given the
constrained resource environment that we will continue to face in the years ahead,
leasing and other innovative arrangements for meeting housing needs will assume
even greater importance.
I hope that this Bulletin will prove to be useful to all readers. The full historic series
of statistics is also available on the Department’s website at www.environ.ie.
Michael Finneran T.D.
Minister for Housing and Local Services
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Part 1 - Overview 5
Part 2 - Housing Market Indicators 13
Appendix I - Statistical Tables 41
Section 1 - Housing Activity 41-47House completions - by sectorTotal house completions - by area for 2008Total and private house completions - by areaNew houses completed - by type for 2008New house guarantee registrations Commencement noticesSupply of housing land
Section 2 - House Prices 48-58New house prices by areaNew house prices (excl apartments) by areaNew apartment prices by areaSecond-hand house prices by areaSecond-hand house prices (excl apartments) by areaSecond-hand apartment prices by areaRanges of house prices - Whole countryRanges of house prices - DublinHouse building cost index
Section 3 - Housing Loans 59-67Loan approvals Loan paymentsRanges of loans paid - Whole countryRanges of loans paid - DublinRanges of loans to value - Whole countryRanges of loans to value - DublinRanges of loan terms - Whole countryRanges of loan terms - Dublin
Section 4 - Profile of Borrowers 68-72Ownership status of borrowers - Whole country and DublinRanges of ages - Whole countryRanges of ages - DublinRanges of income of borrowers - Whole countryRanges of income of borrowers - Dublin
Section 5 - Housing Support 73-76Total social and affordable housing provision - 2008
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Section 6 - Paths to Home Ownership including Part V Activity 77-80Part V, Planning and Development Acts 2000 - 2007Shared ownership and Affordable housing (1999 scheme) - by areaMortgage allowance - by area 2008Sale of local authority houses
Section 7 - Social Housing Supports 81-87Local authority housing output new build and acquisitions - by area 2003 - 2008Local authority housing output new build and acqusitions - by CouncilImprovement works in lieu of re-housing and extensions - by area Local authority casual vacancies 2008Number of local authority houses let at 31 DecemberVoluntary and Co-operative housing output - by area 2008Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS)
Section 8 - Traveller Accommodation 88-91Traveller Families in all categories of accommodation at 30 November 2008
Section 9 - Disabled persons and essential repairs grants paid 92-93Disabled persons and essential repairs grants paid by area 2008Housing adaptation grants paid by area 2008
Section 10 - Private Rented Housing 94-95Enforcement of requirements for standards and rent books in 2008Private rented housing - Registrations at 31 December 2008
Section 11 - Capital investment in housing 96Public capital expenditure on housing andCapital formation in housing
Appendix II - Local Authority Assessments of Social Housing Needs 97-127Comparison with previous return by category of needComparison of net need 1991 - 2008Breakdown of households on the waiting list by category of needBreakdown of households by tenure Length of time of households on waiting list Analysis of household structureBreakdown of households by employment status Breakdown of ages by applicant Income analysis by household Breakdown of households by nationality Number of non-EU National households
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The key objective of Irish housing policy 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
Since 1998, close to 700,000 new houses/apartments were completed in Ireland.
Record levels of annual housing output came to an end in 2007, with a year on year
decrease in output of 17% on the 2006 level. The slowdown in output was more
pronounced in 2008 with a total of 51,724 houses and apartments completed. Of
these, some 11,342 houses/apartments were completed in Dublin, with a total of
16,318 provided in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA). 34% of the houses built in 2008
were single houses, with the remainder developed across schemes of varying sizes.
Apartments accounted for 25% of all new completions in 2008. The rate of housing
output in Ireland, at 12 dwellings per 1,000 persons in 2008, remained ahead of most
other countries.
Key factors in the sharp turn around of housing output were the doubling of
interest rates, which combined with very high prices, caused significant
deterioration in house purchase affordability in 2006/7. While it was believed a
substantial market correction would allow the housing market and the wider
economy to enter a period of more moderate, soundly based growth, the global
downturn and the “credit crunch” resulted in further significant contraction in the
housing market in 2008, notwithstanding significant interest rate reductions in the
latter stages of the year, which continued into 2009. Forecasts of housing output for
2009 are in the region of 20,000 – 25,000 units.
There has been a sustained and targeted programme of investment in recent years to
address the housing needs of the less well off in Irish society. This continued in 2008
with €2.4 billion of funding invested, an increase of 14% on 2007. As a result of this
investment, over 20,200 households benefited from the various social and affordable
housing schemes in 2008. 15,467 households in need of social housing were assisted
and 4,567 households benefited from affordable housing measures, with a further
189 households aided by the Mortgage Allowance Scheme.
Detailed statistical tables are provided in Appendix I.
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Key Policy Developments in 2008
Housing Policy Implementation of the reform agenda set out in the housing policy statement,Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities - published early in 2007 – has been a clearpriority in 2008. In the second half of the year in particular, there has also been aclear focus on developing appropriate and effective responses across a range ofhousing programmes to take account of the deteriorating economic and fiscalenvironment. A number of these measures became fully operational in the earlypart of 2009 and are likely to play a major role in the delivery of housing supportsin the coming years. A number of specific developments are set out below.
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 (enacted in July 2009)A key milestone in the delivery of the reform agenda was reached with the recentenactment of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill which was published inJuly 2008. The purpose of the Act is to improve housing services and their delivery,by amending and extending the Housing Acts 1966 to 2004 to give effect to theprogramme of social housing reform measures outlined in the Delivering Homes,Sustaining Communities policy statement.
The Act includes a comprehensive statement of housing services provided by localauthorities and provision for elected members to make housing services plans forthe delivery in their areas of social and affordable housing supports. There are newpowers for the Minister to issue policy directions, with which housing authoritiesmust comply, and guidelines, to which housing authorities must have regard, in theperformance of their statutory functions.
There are also new powers for elected members to adopt strategies for theprevention and reduction of anti-social behaviour in the local authority housingstock; to assess a household’s need and eligibility for housing; and a new power tomake allocation schemes setting out the order of priority for the allocation, bymanagers, of local authority housing, rental accommodation through, for example,the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) and Voluntary and Co-operative housingprovided with Exchequer funding.
The Act also broadens the choices available to those seeking social and affordablehousing by providing a more developed legislative basis for RAS and by expandingpaths to home ownership through the new incremental purchase scheme, theintroduction of a Tenant Purchase Scheme for apartments and the introduction ofnew Affordable Dwelling Purchase Arrangements.
Long Term Leasing Under the new Long Term Leasing initiative announced in Budget 2009, authoritieswill procure properties on long-term leases of 10-20 years which will then be madeavailable for social housing purposes. The introduction of leasing is designed towiden further the sources of supply for social housing and thereby help create a
flexible range of delivery mechanisms for local authorities to meet the demand forhousing.
This initiative will also maximise the level of social housing need that can be metfrom available public resources, leading to many more homes being provided thancould be delivered by relying solely on construction and acquisition programmes. Itis envisaged that leasing will, over the coming years, become an integral part of thesocial housing programme. The target set for 2009 is for a minimum of 2,000 unitsto be provided through leasing.
Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS)Strong performance under the rental accommodation scheme continued in 2008. Alllocal authorities are implementing RAS and over 18,000 former rent supplementrecipients with long term housing need have now transferred. RAS represents animportant element of the Government’s housing policy and one that it is, along withthe new long term leasing initiative, set to assume an increasingly prominent role inmeeting housing needs in the future.
RegenerationThe Department continues to place a significant focus on quality in the provision ofhousing and in the achievement of sustainable communities. However, theDepartment’s role in this regard is not just focused on new housing, but also iscentrally concerned with the regeneration of some of the country’s mostdisadvantaged areas e.g. Ballymun in Dublin City and Moyross in Limerick City.The process of regeneration is based upon achieving not just the physicalregeneration of the areas, but also on delivering social and economic regeneration tothe communities concerned. This holistic approach involves a broad range ofGovernment Departments and State agencies, as well as local community andbusiness interests.
In 2008, the Department provided some €126 million to support regenerationprojects across the country, an increase of 35% of the previous year’s investment.This funding supported the ongoing projects at Ballymun, Knocknaheeny and theGlen in Cork City, as well as the area regeneration underway across Waterford City,and the completion of the regeneration at Laurel Avenue in Dun LaoghaireRathdown County Council. The programme also supported the development of thedraft masterplans for the regeneration of Moyross, Southill, Ballinacurra Weston,and St. Mary’s Park in Limerick City, as well as 350 house demolitions, areaimprovement works, and various social inclusion activities.
In addition, 2008 saw the approval of a new regeneration project at Mitchel’sCrescent in Tralee. This project represents a new type of regeneration project wheresmaller areas of regional towns are regenerated with a particular focus on theenergy efficiency agenda. The Department continued to work with Sligo BoroughCouncil and Dundalk Town Council on the development of masterplans for similarregeneration projects at Cranmore in Sligo and Cox’s Demesne in Dundalk.
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Remedial WorksSince 1985, some €460 million has been allocated to the programme which supportsprojects ranging from the refurbishment of small rural cottages to broadprogrammes of estate improvements, house refurbishments, and infill developmentsin large local authority estates. In 2008, the Department supported 50 projects in 30local authority areas, at a cost to the Exchequer of some €53 million. Thisrepresents a significant increase on the €34 million expended in 2007 anddemonstrates the Department’s commitment to ensuring the ongoing viability of thesocial housing stock as well as providing support for the development ofsustainable communities within existing local authority estates.
Environmental Performance of HousingIn addition to the national remedial works programme and an ambitious portfolioof regeneration projects, 2008 also saw the continuation of the national centralheating programme as well as preparatory work on a number of new initiativesreflecting the growing importance of improving the energy efficiency of the housingstock. These initiatives achieve not only significant environmental returns but arealso labour intensive and support economic activity.
Central HeatingAlthough central heating has been provided in all new local authority dwellings asa matter of course since 1994, a Departmental review in 2003 revealed that therewere an estimated 36,000 dwellings constructed prior to this date without any formof central heating. To address this significant deficit, a special programme wasintroduced in 2004 for the installation of central heating, associated thermalinsulation measures, and temperature controls. 2008 saw the investment of afurther €31 million and the installation of central heating and associated energyefficiency improvements in some 6,900 units. Over the period of the scheme, theDepartment has co-funded a total of 25,650 installations at a cost to the exchequer of€125 million.
Towards Carbon NeutralTo support local authorities in building their expertise in delivering highly energyefficient dwellings, the Department issued a call for proposals to local authorities inlate 2008, requesting proposals for projects that would deliver significant energyefficiencies. It was anticipated that projects would exceed the anticipated standardsof the Building Regulations Part L 2010 to deliver a minimum Building EnergyRating [BER] of A2. In addition it was envisaged that these projects would operateas demonstration projects, the learnings from which would contribute to buildingup the overall expertise of local authorities in designing and delivering socialhousing with the highest energy efficiency standards. Following a review of theproposals in early 2009, the Minister announced funding for some eight projects inauthorities across the country.
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RetrofittingDuring 2008, it was announced that two additional streams of funding would beintroduced in 2009 to improve the energy efficiency of the local authority stock. Inthe first instance €20 million was to be provided for the improvement of vacanthouses, and apartment complexes, to a minimum BER of C1, as well as €5 millionfor a number of demonstration projects which will inform future energy efficiencyimprovement works projects.
Housing Needs AssessmentIn March 2008 local authorities undertook an assessment of need for social housing.These assessments cover the need for social housing in each local authority areatogether with the part that can be played in meeting needs by other social housingoptions. Authorities were asked to pay particular attention to the needs of olderpeople and those with a disability as these groups were felt to be under represented,for various reasons, in the 2005 assessment. The results indicate that at 31 March2008 a total of 56,249 households were in need of local authority housing comparedwith 43,684 households in 2005 (an increase of 31%).
The increases seen are likely a reflection, albeit in part, of the emphasis theDepartment placed on getting a more accurate figure for the number in need ofsocial housing support. Detailed results of the Housing Needs Assessment are setout in Appendix II (see page 97-127).
Special housing needsWork on the development of a National Housing Strategy for People with aDisability continued in 2008. The various housing and support issues faced bypeople with different, or multiple, disabilities are being progressed through theNational Advisory Group, chaired by the Department and also involving theDepartment of Health and Children, the Health Service Executive, the socialpartners and other relevant stakeholders. It is intended that the Strategy will befinalised by the end of 2009.
As part of this approach, work has been undertaken on the development ofprotocols to deal with co-operation between the HSE and housing authorities toprovide a strategic framework for inter agency co-operation at local level. A protocolgoverning liaison between the HSE and the housing authorities on the assessmentof the accommodation needs of people with a disability has been developed and isbeing implemented by housing authorities and the HSE. A further protocolgoverning support costs for social housing projects provided for people with adisability is currently being developed.
The Cross Departmental Team on Sheltered Housing for Older People alsocontinued to work in 2008. This team, chaired by the Department and also involvingthe Department of Health and Children, the HSE and the local government system,is working towards the completion of a strategy on sheltered housing to feed intothe Government’s overall Positive Aging Strategy.
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Homelessness2008 marked a major development in the Government’s efforts to tacklehomelessness with the publication in August of a new homelessness strategy - TheWay Home. A considerable body of work is now underway to help achieve the keystrategic aims of the new strategy, the core objectives of which are to end long-termoccupation of emergency facilities (i.e. occupation for longer than 6 months) and theneed to sleep rough by the end of 2010.
Actions to achieve these objectives include;
• the launch in early 2009 of a detailed National Implementation Plan for thestrategy;
• development of a new schemes to provide accommodation and supports forpersons leaving homelessness;
• implementation of the recommendations in the Dublin evaluation of servicesreports which mirror the national strategy and indeed have fed into thenational implementation plan, and;
• inclusion of important homeless provisions in the Housing (MiscellaneousProvisions) Bill 2008.
In addition, despite the difficult budgetary situation, a 5% increase in revenuefunding in 2009 was secured for accommodation and related services to addresshomelessness. Adding the 10% contribution from local authorities, the total Statefunding for these services in 2009 will reach a record total of over €62 million.This, in tandem with HSE funding for health and care related costs, will bring thetotal State revenue funding provided specifically to address homelessness to about€700 million since the year 2000, when the first homeless strategy was published.
Traveller AccommodationThe National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee (NTACC) held afull schedule of meetings in 2008 and undertook visits to both South Dublin andWexford where they visited a range of Traveller accommodation and met with localTravellers. The NTACC also hosted two seminars for members of Local TravellerAccommodation Consultative Committees (LTACCs) in May 2008. The NTACC hasa number of subcommittees which continued their work and during 2008 theconsultation subcommittee produced a set of consultation guidelines for use bylocal authorities in the planning and construction of Traveller specificaccommodation. 193 new and refurbished Traveller specific units of accommodationwere provided in 2008, while 140 additional Traveller families were accommodatedin standard local authority housing.
Private Rented Accommodation StandardsGood progress was achieved in 2008 in implementing the Action Programme onPrivate Rented Accommodation Standards, which was introduced on foot of acommitment in the Towards 2016 social partnership agreement to update standardsin rented accommodation. Delivering on this commitment, the Government
approved a package of measures to improve standards in November 2008 and newregulations, the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008, weresigned in December.
These regulations reflect the requirements of the modern rental sector, specifyingenhanced requirements in relation to a range of matters, such as structural repair,sanitary facilities, heating, ventilation, light and safety of gas and electrical supply.The regulations came into effect in general on 1st February 2009; however, certainelements of the regulations, those requiring significant refurbishment and capitalinvestment by landlords, will be phased in over a four year period for existingtenancies. Further elements of the package approved by the Government to updatestandards, including a requirement to maintain the external appearance of propertyand a comprehensive new sanctions regime, require primary legislation and havebeen provided for in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008.
Increased enforcement is a key element of the Action Programme and significantlyincreased funding, from the proceeds of tenancy registration fees, received by thePrivate Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), has been provided in recent years toassist local authorities in their functions relating to the private rented sector. Over€4 million was allocated in respect of 2008, linked largely to enforcementperformance, and funding for this purpose in 2009 will be maintained at the 2008level of €4m, bringing total funding allocations since 2004 to €15m. In general, localauthorities have significantly expanded their inspection activity in recent years withthe number of inspections more than doubling – from 6,815 to 14,008 - in the period2005 to 2007. A further significant increase in inspections - up 23% to almost 17,200 -was recorded in 2008, reflecting the positive impact of the overall ActionProgramme on Standards.
Private Residential Tenancies BoardImplementation of reforms in the private rented sector under the ResidentialTenancies Act 2004 continued through the Private Residential Tenancies Board(PRTB), which is a statutory independent body under the aegis of the Department.Significant progress was achieved in 2008 with the number of tenancies registeredrising to over 200,000 in respect of almost 101,000 active landlords and 354,000tenants. Linkage between tax relief on private rented accommodation andregistration, introduced in the Finance Act 2006, continued to contribute to theincrease in registration numbers in 2008. The PRTB also provides a comprehensivedispute resolution service as an alternative to the Courts, which involves mediationor adjudication and tenancy tribunal appeal hearings. The Board receivedapproximately 1,500 dispute applications in 2008.
Affordable HousingWorking jointly with the Department, the Affordable Homes Partnership continuesto provide support and advice to local authorities in the areas of affordable housing,through best practice guides, training and comprehensive manuals including
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support on Part V and related matters. In 2008, the AHP launched the nationalaffordable housing website, www.affordablehome.ie, which provides localauthorities with a marketing tool to advertise affordable homes available in theirarea. Development of phase 2 of the national website continues which will allowlocal authorities to accept affordable applications online. The Affordable HomesPartnership also delivered approx 300 homes directly in the Greater Dublin Area in2008, through the procurement of homes from the private market.
The Partnership produced a report “Increasing Affordable Housing Supply” in 2007,a key recommendation of which involves moving the arrangements for the sale ofaffordable housing away from current procedures which involve a time limitedclaw-back to a purchase sharing arrangement. The legislative powers necessary forthese new affordable dwelling purchase arrangements were included in the recentlyenacted Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009.
The slow down in the wider housing market also impacted on affordable housing inthe second half of 2008. In some areas, house price decreases were such that thedifferential between affordable housing and the open market were substantiallyeroded leading to an increase in the number of affordable housing units in localauthority hands and not yet sold. At the end of 2008, the number of units on handsstood at over 3,500. The Department issued detailed guidance to local authorities inearly 2009 setting out a range of options to be used in redeploying unsold affordableunits for other housing purposes.
Delivering quality housingThe Department continued through 2008 to focus on the promotion of quality in thebuilt environment. The Sustainable Communities and Housing Committee, which isa joint venture between the Department and the Royal Institute of Architects ofIreland (RIAI), organised a one day conference as well as a workshop last year forprofessionals involved in the provision of housing. These events dealt with thechallenges in the construction of new housing posed by implementation issuesaround Part L of the Building Regulations and the Building Energy Rating (BER)system.
Through its involvement in the issuing of Floor Area Compliance Certificates(FACC’s) the Department continued the inspection of new houses as a means ofensuring a measure of protection for first time buyers. Some 17,930 properties wereinspected in 2008 for compliance with FACC standards.
Home ChoiceThe Home Choice loan scheme was announced in the October 2008 Budget. Itbecame operational in early 2009 and is intended to serve as a time limited measureto facilitate, rather than incentivise, house purchase by credit worthy first timebuyers who wish to purchase a home at this time but who are being impeded fromdoing so due to the impacts of the so-called “credit crunch”. The scheme isunderpinned by the Housing (Home Choice Loan) Regulations 2009 as well as acomprehensive and prudent credit policy.12
A number of indicators are available to assess the trends in the housing market. Theseinclude house completions, house guarantee registrations, commencement notices,planning permissions granted, serviced housing land availability, house prices andaffordability measures. These data are produced in Appendix I and, where possible,historical data are available on the Department’s website, www.environ.ie
Section 1 - Housing Activity
House Completions
Following more than 10 years of strong growth in housing output, with a record
level of 93,000 units completed in 2006, the trend for 2007 and 2008 has shown a
marked contraction in activity. In 2008 51,724 houses and apartments were
completed. 11,342 of these were in Dublin, with a total of 16,318 in the Greater
Dublin Area (GDA).
34% of the houses built in 2008 were single houses, with the remainder developed
through schemes of varying sizes. Apartments accounted for 25% of all new
completions in 2008. A breakdown of these figures by area is on pages 41 to 44.
87% of overall output was private housing, while 13% or 6,801 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, units delivered under RAS, vacancies in
existing stock, etc contribute to the level of lettings by local authority (see pages 73-
76).
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New House Guarantee Registrations
Nationally, the number of new houses registered under guarantee schemes1 for 2008
was 12,676, down 67% compared with 2007 (see page 45), with Dublin registrations
showing a 51% decline (4,550 dwellings). These significant reductions in future
housing supply began to emerge from the second quarter of 2007, after a doubling
of interest rates between December 2005 and June 2007, which combined with very
high prices, caused significant deterioration in house purchase affordability. This (in
tandem with the fact that many buyers had brought forward purchases in 2005 and
2006) resulted in a sharp fall-off in market demand, which was further fuelled in
2008 by the global recession and the much tighter international credit markets.
Commencement Notices
Data on ‘Residential Commencement Notices’, under the Building Control
Regulations, are available from all building control authorities since January 2004.
Details of the numbers of residential units started, with numbers of single units
available separately are published in the table on page 46. Results for 2008 indicate
almost 23,000 residential dwellings were newly started, about 25,000 lower than the
previous year. Of these, 48% were single dwellings, up from 32% in 2007.
1 House registrations are made on a voluntary basis with either HomeBond or Premier Guarantee (the
latter since 2002).
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Planning Permissions Granted
Further back along the supply chain, the numbers of planning permissions granted
for residential construction provides a useful indicator of likely future output. Data
from the Central Statistics Office shows that, nationally, 67,584 units received a final
grant of planning permission in 2008, representing a decrease of 20% on 2007, a
reversal of the 7% increase seen in 2007. Units granted planning permission were
down 11% in Dublin (11,771) and 20% in the Greater Dublin Area (18,392) in 2008.
Cork and Limerick also reported decreases of 42.4% and 1.3%, respectively.
Supply of Housing Land
The 10th housing land availability survey undertaken in June 2008 indicated that
there was 14,191 hectares of zoned serviced land available nationally, with an
estimated yield of 462,700 housing units (see page 47). This equates to sufficient
capacity nationally for residential development for almost nine years, based on 2008
housing output.
At the end of June 2008 a total of 2,210 hectares of zoned serviced land with an
estimated yield of over 149,000 housing units was available in Dublin. There were
990 hectares of zoned serviced land in the Mid-East Region with an estimated yield
of about 34,000 units. Of the other major urban areas, there was sufficient zoned
serviced land to yield about 36,800 units in Cork, 21,300 units in Galway, 10,500
units in Limerick and 8,700 units in Waterford.
Housing Stock
The national housing stock is estimated to be 1.934 million units at end 2008. This
estimate combines the base number of dwellings surveyed for the Census of
Population 2006, (including both vacant and occupied dwellings), with the total
number of units completed since then to end December 2008. This represents about
437 units for every 1,000 persons, which brings the Irish per capita ratio broadly in
line with EU norms
Other notable characteristics of the national stock are outlined below;
• Over one third 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.
• Close to one third of housing stock is made up of one-off housing, that is,
detached housing in open countryside.
2 The 5% balance is not specified in the 2006 Census results.
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• 75% of the occupied housing stock is owner occupied. 7% rented from a local
authority, while 13% rented privately2.
• While 10% 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 25% of all housing units built in 2008 (and 67% in the
Dublin region). 41% of housing units built in 2008 were in estates (schemes),
and individual houses accounted for the remaining 34%.
2 The 5% balance is not specified in the 2006 Census results.
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Section 2 - House Prices
Average House Prices
As a function of weakening demand fuelled by a variety of factors, as set out in
Section 1, house prices decreased significantly over the course of 2008 and that
downward trend has continued in 2009. The average price of a new house
(including apartments) nationally was €305,269 in 2008. In Dublin, the average
price was €370,495. The average price of a second-hand house in 2008 was €348,804
nationally and €444,207 in Dublin.
In Quarter 4 2008, the average price of a new house (including apartments)
nationally was €282,023, down 10.3% over the average price reported in the same
quarter in 2007. The average price of a second-hand house was €323,418, down
11.9% over the same period in 2007. The average price for a new house in Dublin
was €329,625 in Quarter 4 2008, down 18.1% compared with the corresponding
quarter in 2007. The average price of a second-hand house in Dublin was €415,035,
down 10.3% over the same period in 2007.
* These values are not adjusted for changes in the mix of dwellings being approved
for sale in any given period.
Prices for the whole country and the five main urban areas (Cork, Dublin, Limerick,
Waterford, and Galway) are shown on pages 48 to 53.
House Type Average Price Q4 2008/Q4 2007 Average Price Year on Year Q4 2008 % Change Year 2008* Change %
New:
Nationally €282,023 -10.3% €305,269 -5.4%Dublin €329,625 -18.1% €370,495 -11.0%
Second hand:
Nationally €323,418 -11.9% €348,804 -7.7%Dublin €415,035 -10.3% €444,207 -10.4%
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Affordability
The Department maintains an index of housing affordability measured by reference
to the costs of servicing a mortgage.
To take account of trends in family and work situations, and the steady increase in
female participation in the workforce in the last few years, it is appropriate to
examine trends in affordability for two-earner (married) households . The index
assumes a loan period of 20 years, as this has been the traditional loan period. The
availability of longer-term loans has meant that first-time buyers have been able to
make lower monthly repayments but this has increased their overall cost of
borrowing in the long run.
The affordability ratio indicates that there has been an improvement in affordability
over 2008. Last year, the mortgage outgoings of a two income household
represented about 29% of their disposable income, compared to 32% in 2007.
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3 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 2008 mortgage outgoings are based on a 20-year mortgage, 5% interest rate and an
average national house price of €305,269.
The improvement in affordability is primarily due to reductions in interest rates and
in house prices over the course of 2008. Specifically, ECB rate cuts occurred in
October (-0.5%), November (-0.5%), and December 2008 (-0.75%), reducing the rate
from 4.25% to 2.5%. This resulted in a decrease in the average variable mortgage
rate, from 5.87% in August 2008 to a low of 4.8% in Dec 2008.4 While house prices
were increasing steadily until 2006 (2007 for new houses nationally), a slight decline
was beginning to appear in 2007 and this became even more evident during the last
six months of 2008, resulting in a 10% drop on Quarter 4 2007 prices. New
apartment prices were more sensitive to the downturn, dropping 14% on Quarter 4
2007 prices nationally and 19% in Dublin. Second hand house prices continued to
decline from 2007, recording a drop of 12% nationally and 10% in Dublin. Second
hand apartments in Dublin dropped 17% on Quarter 4 2007.
Budget 2008 provisions, where the amount of interest on which mortgage relief is
available, increased to a maximum of €20,000 for a joint first-time purchaser, have
also improved affordability. Further changes introduced in Budget 2009 (e.g. to
increase the rate of tax relief for first time buyers) will also help improve
affordability.
Further significant improvements in affordability arose in early 2009 as interest rates
and house prices have both continued to decline. However, some of the
improvements will be offset by other budgetary measures e.g. the introduction of
income levies.
4 This is the average house purchase loan interest rate, calculated by the Central Bank using data from Irish
mortgage lending institutions. While there were rates offered at 3.75% in December 2008, the average is
skewed upwards due to higher rates offered on other mortgage products and delays in passing on
reductions in the ECB rate.
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Section 3 - Loans Information
Over 53,000 loans for house purchase, to the value of €14.5 billion, were paid out in
2008, a drop of 36% in volume and 35% in value on 2007. Of these, some 24,400
were for the acquisition of new houses (including apartments). Details of the
number and value of loans approved and paid between 2003 and 2008 are set out in
pages 59-60 and for loans paid in 2007-2008 on page 61.5
Indicative data from a large sample of mortgages indicate that 55% of mortgages
paid nationally were for less than €250,000. In the Dublin area, 32% of mortgages
were below €250,000.
2008 Numbers Year on Value Year on
of Loans Year Change % € million Year Change %
Approved
New 26,293 -35.1% €6,625m -38.7%
Second Hand 29,586 -37.3% €8,515m -36.9%
Paid
New 24,467 -47.4% €6,455m -44.6%
Second Hand 29,224 -22.4% €8,054m -25.5%
5 From 2007 the source of data for loans paid series is the IBF/PWC Mortgage Market Profile and not
directly comparable with 2006.
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Section 4 - Profile of Borrowers
Data from the House Price Statistics System (HPSS) are now used to present
statistics to describe the profile of the borrower in 2008.6 This replaces the previous
voluntary sample survey based only on loans paid. These data are more
comprehensive and provide useful indicative statistics in relation to borrowers,
including ranges of loans paid and gross incomes, loan to value ratios, loan terms
and average ages. The data also provide an indication of the purpose for which a
dwelling is being acquired. For instance, in 2008 some 85% of mortgages were for
the purchase of a principal residence, (up from 82% in 2007) with the proportion
borrowing for investment falling from 17% in 2007 to 14%. 1% of houses bought
with a mortgage were for second or holiday homes.
Table: Purpose of Loan Approval
First-Time Buyers
Data supplied by the financial institutions on mortgages approved in the year 2008
show that first-time buyers continue to hold a steady share in the housing market.
It is estimated that 41% of all house purchase loans for new houses were by first-
time buyers (table on page 68).
The general profile of the first-time buyer borrowing in 2008 was as follows:
• On average, the first-time buyer was aged 31 (with 57% of all first-time buyers
aged under 30).
• The proportion of 100% mortgages taken out by first-time buyers in 2007
reduced to 23% from 26% a year earlier. In Dublin, 18% of loans taken out by
first-time buyers in 2008 had 100% loan to value ratios, compared to 21% a
year earlier.
• The most common mortgage term for first-time buyers borrowing in 2008 was
in the range 31 to 35 years, accounting for 54% of first-time buyer loans
nationally, and 61% in Dublin. 18% of loans to first-time buyers were for 25 years
New houses Second hand houses All house types
Principal Residence 86% 84% 85%
Investment 13% 15% 14%
Holiday Home 1% 1% 1%
6 The House Price System (HPSS) has been developed through the support of the mortgage lending
institutions. It has a two-fold purpose, firstly to provide data for the calculation of alternative house price
indices, (still under development) and secondly to provide a wider analysis of borrowers, which has not
been possible from previous sample surveys.
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• The most common mortgage term for first-time buyers borrowing in 2008 was
in the range 31 to 35 years, accounting for 54% of first-time buyer loans
nationally, and 61% in Dublin. 18% of loans to first-time buyers were for 25
years or less.
• 23% of the loans taken out by first-time buyers for terms of 30 years or more
had a 100% loan to value ratio. This is considerably lower than in 2006 when
38% of loans taken out for 30 years or more had a 100% loan to value ratio.
• The majority of first-time buyers pay, on average, 23% less than the overall
average price for a new house, with 65% of first-time buyer’s houses
nationally priced at under €300,000 (42% in Dublin).
Some of these data are presented in the following tables (all refer to loans taken out by
first-time buyers in 2008, unless stated otherwise):
Table: Age range of First-Time Buyer
Table: Range of Average Loan to Value ratios by First -Time Buyers
Table: Range of Average Loan Terms for First -Time Buyers
Table: Range of Loan to value ratios for loan terms of over 30 year by First –Time
Buyers
Up to age 25 26 to 30 31 to 35 36 to 40 41 +
National 17% 40% 23% 11% 9%
Dublin 16% 40% 24% 12% 8%
Up to 70% 71% to 80% 81% to 90% 91% to 95% 96% to 99% 100%
National 18% 7% 13% 31% 8% 23%
Dublin 12% 7% 15% 36% 12% 18%
Up to 20 yrs 21 to 25 26 to 30 31 to 35 36 +
National 7% 11% 17% 54% 11%
Dublin 4% 8% 14% 61% 13%
Up to 70% 71% to 80% 81% to 90% 91% to 95% 96% to 99% 100%
2006(r) 11% 5% 11% 30% 6% 38%
2007(r) 14% 5% 12% 31% 10% 28%
2008 12% 6% 13% 39% 7% 23%
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Table: Range of average house prices (new and second hand) purchased by First
–Time Buyers
€
Table: Average house loan taken out by First –Time Buyers
Table: Percentage First-time buyers purchasing Jointly or Singly.
Financial measures impacting on FTB’s
The Finance (No 2) Act 2007 introduced Stamp Duty changes to exempt first-time
buyers from Stamp Duty on both new and second hand properties. Figures indicate
that first-time buyers made up 29% of house loans taken out to buy second hand
properties in 2008 and this change will have directly assisted a significant number of
these buyers (table on page 68).
Changes introduced in Budget 2009 include increasing the rate of tax relief for first
time buyers from 20% to 25% in years 1 and 2 of the mortgage and to 22.5% in years
3, 4 and 5. This change benefits first-time buyers who purchased since 1st January
2005; however, relief for non first-time buyers was reduced from 20% to 15%.
Joint purchasers Single purchasers
53% 47%
Up to €200K to €250K to €300K to €350K to €400K to €500K +
€200K €250K €300K €350K €400K €500K
National 20% 22% 21% 15% 9% 7% 4%
Dublin 5% 13% 24% 20% 16% 13% 9%
Up to €150K to €200K to €250K to €300K to €400K+
€150K €200K €250K €300K €400K
National 15% 26% 27% 21% 6% 5%
Dublin 5% 12% 25% 32% 13% 13%
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Section 5 - Housing Support
It is generally recognised that even at the high levels of supply seen in Ireland inrecent years, the market will not address the full spectrum of housing needs.Specific measures are required to aid households who cannot afford to meet theirown housing needs. Local authorities in particular have a broad and important rolein responding to these needs. This involves both direct provision and enablingneeds to be met through interaction with both the voluntary and co-operativehousing and private housing sector.
The nature and extent of supports required varies widely from those who may needminimal financial assistance in order to realise their home ownership aspirations tothose whose personal, financial or accommodation circumstances are such that amore comprehensive intervention is required.
Support is provided through a range of options namely:-
• Paths to Home Ownership:
- Affordable housing – purchase of house at discounted price;- Shared ownership – purchase of a home through purchase of initial stake
and the balance is rented from the housing authority;- Tenant purchase of local authority dwellings at discounted prices.
• Social rented accommodation:
- Housing provided at a rent related to income.
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• Housing support for those with special accommodation needs:
- Homeless accommodation and supports;
- Traveller-specific accommodation;
- Grants to adapt housing for the needs of older people and people with
disability;
- Schemes to exchange private housing for sheltered accommodation for
older people;
- Sheltered accommodation for older people;
- Sheltered accommodation for people with a disability;
- Adapted social housing for people with special needs.
In 2008, total exchequer and non-exchequer funding of these housing measuresamounted to some €2.4 billion and represented an increase of 14% on the 2007 out-turn.
To ensure maximum output from multi-annual capital expenditure on social andaffordable housing measures over the coming years through a coherent and co-ordinated response across all housing services, five-year Action Plans wereintroduced. In preparing these plans, local authorities had to assess their social andaffordable housing needs taking account of their existing housing stock. Theresultant plans set out their proposed response to these needs for 2004-2008 acrossthe range of housing programmes including local authority housing construction,regeneration and remedial works, voluntary housing, traveller accommodation,housing needs of older persons and people with disabilities, homelessness,affordable housing, and management and maintenance of the stock.
As a result of this investment, the housing needs of 20,223 households were met in2008. The table on page 26 (below) provides a breakdown of the numbers ofhouseholds assisted in 2008 under various social and affordable measures. A localauthority breakdown of the 2008 total provision is set out in the tables on pages 73to 76 in Appendix I.
Notwithstanding the more constrained fiscal environment, good progress was madein terms of social rented housing starts and completions in 2008. In addition, by theend of 2008 local authorities had transferred some 18,011 households from rentsupplement to either the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) or to other socialhousing options.
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Overview of Social and Affordable housing provision 2008
7 A total of 1,600 units were acquired during 2008 for RAS. The cumulative stock of newly acquired RAS
units (includes long term leases and acquisitions) totaled 2,801.
8 This excludes 78 households who surrendered local authority houses in 2008 to acquire affordable
scheme houses, as these are counted in the appropriate affordable housing scheme.
Social Housing: Numbers
Local Authority Houses• Completions & Acquired (including Part V) 5,692• RAS new units 1,6007
Total Local Authority provision 7,292
Voluntary & Co-operative Houses• Capital Assistance 914• Capital Loan & Subsidy 620• Part V 362
Total Voluntary & Co-op provision 1,896
Other Social Housing measures• Vacancies in existing stock 4,342• Improvement works in lieu of re-housing 82• Extensions to local authority houses 250• Tenants transferring to RAS under
arrangements with their existing landlords 1,412• Traveller accommodation new units 117 • Traveller accommodation refurbished units 76
Total Other Social Housing measures 6,279
Total number of households assisted through Social Housing measures 15,467
Affordable Housing:• Shared Ownership 139• 1999 Affordable Housing 756• Part V Affordable Housing/ AHI 3,305• A.H.P. (sales completed by A.H.P.) 367
Total number of households assisted though Affordable Housing measures 4,567
Mortgage Allowance8 189
Total provision of all Social and Affordable Housing measures 20,223
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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 2008 to make an important contribution
to the delivery of social housing programmes, with loan advances of almost €1.1
billion. (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. In line with the changing composition of
public housing programmes over the course of 2008, the NBA has been re-
orientating its activities in response to this. (www.nba.ie)
Centre for Housing Research
Financial assistance was also provided to support the work of the Centre for
Housing Research (formerly the Housing Unit). This is a joint initiative between
the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and Local
Government and the local authorities. The overall purpose of the Centre is to
facilitate the improved management of the social housing sector. It operates under
the aegis of the Institute of Public Administration.
(www.centreforhousingresearch.ie)
Affordable Homes Partnership
The Affordable Homes Partnership was established by the Government in 2005 to
accelerate the delivery of affordable housing in the Greater Dublin Area, where
affordability problems had been most acute. The Partnership is now playing a key
role in supporting local authority efforts to address the stock of affordable housing
on hand. (www.affordablehome.ie)
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Section 6 - Paths to home ownership including Part V Activity
Affordable housing is provided under various schemes, including the Shared
Ownership Schemes, the 1999 Affordable Housing Scheme, Part V of the Planning
Development Acts 2000 – 2007, the Affordable Housing Initiative (AHI) and units
delivered though the Affordable Homes Partnership (AHP).
Over 24,000 affordable houses have been provided (see page 31) since 2000. While
this has helped first time buyers get on the property ladder, the sustained decline in
house prices throughout 2008 has narrowed significantly the difference in price
between the open market and affordable housing properties. This has led to a
reduced demand for affordable housing and an overhang of unsold properties. A
new initiative introduced in April 2009 will allow local authorities to examine
alternative ways of using these vacant houses e.g. allocating homes to families on
social housing waiting lists; transferring the homes to tenants who have been on
rent supplement for more than 18 months; and selling them to local authority
tenants.
Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 – 2007
Background
Part V is one of the measures included in the consolidation and reform of the
planning law contained in the Planning and Development Act 2000. Part V
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. It also assists with social integration by ensuring
that there is a proper mix of tenures in new residential developments.
Affordable Housing:
• Shared Ownership 139
• 1999 Affordable Housing 756
• Part V Affordable Housing, including AHI 3,305
• Units delivered by A.H.P. 367
Total number of households assisted though
Affordable Housing measures 4,567
• Mortgage Allowance 189
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Exemptions
Part V only applies to housing developments on land zoned residential or a mixture
of residential and other uses. In addition, certain types of residential developments
are completely exempt from the requirement to comply with Part V. These are:-
• Developments of social housing for letting by an approved housing body;
• Conversion of buildings to housing, where at least 50% of the external part of
the building is being retained;
• The carrying out of works to an existing house;
In addition Section 97 of the Act enables an applicant to apply for an exemption
certificate before they apply for a planning permission in the following
circumstances: -
• The development consists of the provision of 4 or fewer housing units; or,
• Any number of units on land, the area of which is 0.1 hectares or less.
Output
Output of Part V housing has now gathered momentum, as planning permissions
which pre-dated the Planning and Development Acts 2000 - 2007 (and thus did not
have a Part V requirement) have been built out. In 2008, a total of 4,518 housing
units, namely 1,437 social and 3,081 affordable, were acquired under Part V
agreements with developers. To date over 12,000 homes have been delivered under
Part V. In addition, 4,159 social and affordable units were under construction at the
end of 2008 and a further 2,910 units were proposed on foot of agreements with
developers. Output for each local authority is set out on page 77.
In 2008, 8 land transfers to local authorities were also completed involving 6.67
hectares; a further 163 partially or fully serviced sites have been transferred to local
authorities and voluntary and co-operative housing bodies; and €19.3 million has
been received in payments in lieu and under the withering levy.
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Additionally, payments in lieu, which are ring fenced for housing capital purposesonly, together with land and sites accruing from the take up of the alternativeoptions will further supplement the overall provision of social and affordablehousing.
Shared Ownership Scheme
A total of 7,704 households have benefited under the Shared Ownership Scheme inthe eight years 2000 to 2008. 139 households benefited in 2008, while 991transactions were approved in principle.
Output data for each local authority are set out at page 78.
Affordable Housing (1999) Scheme
The 1999 affordable housing scheme involves local authorities providing newly built
houses at a discounted price on 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, 6,889 units have been provided. 756 of these were
provided in 2008. At the end of 2008 there were 876 houses in progress and 561 new
units proposed.
Output data for each local authority are set out at page 78.
Social Housing 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
• Local Authority 75 135 203 508 790 1,075
• Voluntary and Co-
operative Housing sector - 82 206 90 393 362
Total Social Housing 75 217 409 598 1,183 1,437
Affordable Housing 88 374 962 1,600 2,063 3,081
Total Social and Affordable 163 591 1,371 2,198 3,246 4,518
Land Transfers 2 10 26 13 9 8
Sites 50 106 57 84 122 163
Financial Contribution
• In lieu of housing €0.8m €7.4m €16.5m €35.4m €24.3m €17.9m
• S96 (b) withering levy €0.3m €2.4m €3.0m €3.5m €2.5m €1.4m
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Affordable Housing Initiative (AHI)
Substantial progress has been made in providing homes under the Affordable
Housing Initiative as outlined in the partnership agreement, 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 80 sites have been identified on State or local authority
owned lands.
By the end of 2008, 3,590 units had been provided under the Initiative, including
affordable housing made available through Part V arrangements. A further 121 units
were in progress at the end of 2008.
Summary of output under affordable housing schemes
Over 24,400 affordable homes were provided under the various schemes between
2000 and 2008.
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 and co-operative
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.
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In 2008, 189 new households benefited from this scheme. Some 78 of these households
moved from local authority housing to affordable housing. Details of transactions
broken down by local authority are at page 79.
Tenant Purchase Scheme
596 dwellings were purchased under the Tenant Purchase Scheme in 2008, 1,785
applications to purchase were made and 1,416 sales were approved (see page 80 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.
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Section 7 - Social Housing Supports
Summary
A total of 6,827 (includes 1,600 RAS units) new units of social rented
accommodation were started or acquired in 2008. A further 7,465 social housing
units were in progress at the end of 2008.
Taking all measures into account, some 15,467 households in need of social housing
support had their needs met during 2008. Further detail on the various
programmes follows.
Local Authority Social Rented Accommodation
The number of new housing units completed and acquired under the main local
authority housing construction and various regeneration programmes in 2008 was
5,692 units. This includes 1,075 units acquired under Part V arrangements.
Social Housing Starts Completions In progress
at end 2008
• Local authority social rented 3,279 5,692 4,727
accommodation including Part V
• Voluntary & Co-operative housing 1,948 1,896 2,738
• Rental Accommodation Scheme 1,600 1,600 -
(new supply)
Total social rented accommodation 6,827 9,188 7,465
(new supply)
Local Authority Housing 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Completions & Acquired 4,897 4,375 4,924 4,613 6,198 4,617
Part V 75 135 203 508 790 1,075
Total Local Authority
Social Housing 4,972 4,510 5,127 5,121 6,988 5,692
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3,279 units of housing (including Part V) were started or acquired in 2008 and
construction work was in progress at the end of the year on 4,727 units
(breakdown of 2008 output by local authority is available at pages 81 to 82).
Total capital expenditure on the main local authority housing and
regeneration/remedial works programmes in 2008, which excluded expenditure by
local authorities from their internal receipts, was €1.4 billion.
Households accommodated from vacancies in existing Local Authority stock.
In 2008, 4,342 new households were housed when units became vacant in existing
local authority housing stock (see page 84 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 added to local
authority houses, a further 322 households had their housing needs addressed in
2008 (see page 83 for breakdown by local authority). Almost €7 million was spent
on these schemes in 2008.
Rental Accommodation Scheme
Since September 2005, the pace of delivery under the Rental Accommodation
Scheme has steadily increased and by the end of December 2008, 18,011 households
with long-term housing need had been accommodated in either voluntary and co-
operative or private rental properties or other social housing options:
• 3,479 in voluntary and co-operative accommodation;
• 5,922 in private-rented accommodation;
• 8,610 households have been allocated local authority housing.
A breakdown by local authority is available on page 87.
Overall, 1,600 units of new accommodation were secured by authorities principally
under long-term leases during 2008.
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Stock maintenance and management.
Latest available data on the number of social housing units are for the year 2008,
and indicate that 118,396 social housing units were let by local authorities in that
year. The average weekly rent was €46.85 (see page 85 for further details).
The Department continued to fund major redevelopment and regeneration
programmes to improve the living environment of existing social housing tenants.
In 2008, some €217 million was made available to local authorities for regeneration
and social housing improvement measures. This supported continued progress on
the Ballymun regeneration programme and work on the early stages of a number of
other regeneration projects
In addition, some 6,900 households were assisted in 2008 through a scheme to
provide central heating to local authority tenants. Since the introduction of the
scheme, 25,650 households have been provided with central heating. The
programme is now due to finish in 2009.
Voluntary and Co-operative Housing Sector
Capital Assistance and Loan Subsidy Schemes
1,896 units of accommodation were provided by the Voluntary and Co-operative
housing sector in 2008, with assistance from the Department under the Capital
Assistance Scheme and Capital Loan and Subsidy Scheme. This included 362 units
Other Local Authority Social 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Housing measures
Vacancies in existing stock 3,795 3,445 3,490 3,509 3,350 4,342
Improvement works in lieu 151 140 121 114 67 82
Extensions to LA houses 203 178 194 226 254 250
Traveller accommodation9 228 192 162 211 199 193
Rental Accommodation
(households transferred) - - 5 828 2,077 3,012
Total 4,377 3,955 3,972 4,888 5,947 7,879
Total number of households
assisted through Local Authority
Social Housing measures 9,349 8,465 9,099 10,009 12,935 13,571
9 Details in Section 8
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acquired through Part V arrangements. Work was in progress on 2,738 units of
accommodation at the end of 2008 and a further 1,948 units were started (see page
86 for breakdown by local authority area). Expenditure on the voluntary and co-
operative housing programme amounted to €399 million in 2008.
Low cost housing sites
A total of 35 sites were made available under this scheme in 2008. The scheme is
generally targeted at households who would otherwise benefit from social housing
measures, and is also used by Voluntary and Co-operative 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.
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, older people 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
older people and people with a disability. Output under these schemes is detailed
in Sections 8 and 9.
Voluntary & 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Co-operative Houses
Capital Assistance 1,018 626 621 709 593 914
Capital Loan & Subsidy 599 899 523 441 699 620
Part V - 82 206 90 393 362
Total Voluntary &
Co-operative Housing 1,617 1,607 1,350 1,240 1,685 1,896
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Section 8 - Traveller Accommodation
In 2008, the Department continued to monitor the implementation of the 2005 to
2008 Traveller accommodation programmes. Capital expenditure of €35 million was
incurred on the provision of Traveller specific accommodation (group housing and
halting sites). In addition, current expenditure of €7.1 million was incurred in
respect of 90% of the salaries and travelling expenses of social workers employed by
local authorities and voluntary bodies in relation to the accommodation of
Travellers, and a percentage of the costs relating to the management and
maintenance of halting sites.
In 2008 there were 193 units of Traveller specific accommodation provided,
comprising of:
• 102 Halting Site Bays (new and refurbished)
• 82 Group Housing Units (new and refurbished)
• 9 Single Instance purchases
These figures do not include families accommodated in standard local authority
accommodation, or in other options, such as private rented accommodation.
In addition to funding for Traveller specific units, funding is also provided for:
• Recoupment to local authorities of 50% of the cost of providing caravans to
Travellers in emergency cases. (In exceptional cases 100% funding has been
provided for special needs caravans or mobile homes);
• Recoupment to local authorities of a special grant of €3,810 payable to
Travellers for the first-time purchase of a house;
• Recoupment to local authorities of a special grant of 10% of the cost up to a
maximum of €640 to a Traveller family who are purchasing a caravan for the
first-time.
The Department will continue to encourage and assist local authorities in the
development and implementation of their Traveller accommodation programmes
and ensure that this expenditure results in Traveller specific accommodation of the
highest standard.
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Section 9 - Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and Peoplewith a Disability
In order to facilitate the continued independent occupancy of their own homes by
older people and people with a disability, and following a review of the old
Disabled Persons, Essential Repairs Grant Schemes and Special Housing aid for the
Elderly, which was administered by the HSE, a revised suite of Housing Adaptation
Grant Schemes was implemented in November 2007. The revised schemes target
the available resources to those in most need, streamline operational and
administrative procedures and ensure equity and consistency of operation across all
local authority areas. It consists of three schemes; the Housing Adaptation Grant for
People with a Disability, Mobility Aids Grant and Housing Aid for Older People.
13,204 grants valued at €105.1 million, were made by local authorities in 2008 (see
pages 92 to 93 for further details).
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Section 10 – Private Rented Housing
Under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, the Private Residential Tenancies Board
(PRTB) is responsible for tenancy registration (other functions include dispute
resolution and the provision of information, research and policy advice).
Data on the number of tenancies registered with the PRTB on 31 December 2008 are
produced on page 95. The level of registration has increased significantly since this
function was transferred to the PRTB in 2004 and was further boosted by a
provision in the Finance Act 2006, linking certain landlord tax relief to registration.
Enforcement details are on page 94.
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Section 11 – Capital Investment in Housing
Details of the amount of capital expenditure invested in housing are contained in
Section 11. The value added contributed by housing construction is estimated to
have amounted to nearly €9 billion in 2008, contributing 6% of Ireland’s gross
national product.
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HOUSe COMPLeTIONS BY SeCTOR
Section 1: Housing Activity
Period Social Housing Private Houses TotalLocal Authority Voluntary & Co-operative
Houses Houses
2004 3,539 1,607 71,808 76,954
2005 4,209 1,350 75,398 80,957
2006 3,968 1,240 88,211 93,419
2007 4,986 1,685 71,356 78,027
2008 4,905 1,896 44,923 51,724
2007
Q1 869 283 18,866 20,018
Q2 1,022 237 17,701 18,960
Q3 1,251 541 15,635 17,427
Q4 1,844 624 19,154 21,622
2008
Q1 996 335 12,679 14,010
Q2 1,356 552 11,818 13,726
Q3 1,088 504 10,658 12,250
Q4 1,693 505 9,540 11,738
Annual Percentage Change
2005 18.9% -16.0% 5.0% 5.2%
2006 -5.7% -8.1% 17.0% 15.4%
2007 25.7% 35.9% -19.1% -16.5%
2008 -1.6% 12.5% -37.0% -33.7%
2008
Q1 14.6% 18.4% -32.8% -30.0%
Q2 32.7% 132.9% -33.2% -27.6%
Q3 -13.0% -6.8% -31.8% -29.7%
Q4 -8.2% -19.1% -50.2% -45.7%
Notes:- (a) Total house completions are based on the number of ESB domestic connections.
These figures do not take account of work in progress in housing construction.
(b) Local authority house completions do not include second-hand houses acquired by
them.
New units acquired under Part V of the Planning & Development Acts 2000-2007 for
local authority rental purposes are included.
(c) Voluntary & Co-operative housing consists of housing provided under the capital
loan & subsidy and capital assistance schemes.
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HOUSe COMPLeTIONS BY AReA 2008
County Councils Social Housing Private Total(including Borough Local Authority Voluntary & Co-operative& Town Councils)
Carlow 27 66 542 635Cavan 107 0 955 1,062Clare 203 4 1,186 1,393
Cork County 273 160 4,658 5,091Cork City Council 141 50 810 1,001Cork Total 453 210 5,468 6,092
Donegal 175 130 2,271 2,576
D/Laoghaire-Rathdown 17 182 1,888 2,087Fingal 142 183 1,824 2,149South Dublin 246 126 1,386 1,758Dublin City Council 618 169 4,561 5,348Dublin Total 1,132 660 9,659 11,342
Galway County 76 5 2,251 2,332Galway City Coucil 57 49 439 545Galway Total 231 54 2,690 2,877
Kerry 161 60 1,740 1,961Kildare 350 63 1,398 1,811Kilkenny 160 34 948 1,142Laois 147 92 917 1,156Leitrim 47 0 600 647
Limerick County 64 16 1,492 1,572Limerick City 40 28 297 365Limerick Total 136 44 1,789 1,937
Longford 60 7 517 584Louth 260 106 1,047 1,413Mayo 83 52 1,639 1,774Meath 125 22 1,799 1,946Monaghan 40 41 593 674Offaly 137 46 674 857Roscommon 104 8 931 1,043Sligo 63 0 861 924
North Tipperary 37 31 910 978South Tipperary 120 51 719 890Tipperary Total 157 82 1,629 1,868
Waterford County 79 48 823 950Waterford City Council 232 18 47 297Waterford Total 311 66 870 1,247
Westmeath 95 12 1,039 1,146Wexford 216 20 1,762 1,998Wicklow 203 17 999 1,219
Conversions 400 400
TOTALS 4,905 1,896 44,923 51,724
Notes:- (a) Total house completions are based on the number of new dwellings connected by the ESBto 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 CityCouncils.
(c) L. A. includes units acquired under Part V, Planning & Development Acts, 2000-2007 forlocal authority rental purposes.
(d) Voluntary & co-operative housing consists of housing provided under the capital loan andsubsidy and capital assistance schemes.
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TOTAL & PRIVATe HOUSe COMPLeTIONS - BY AReA
County Councils Total House Completions Private House Completions(including Boroughand Town Councils) 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 3006 2007 2008
Carlow 1,152 1,200 1,321 1,143 635 1,098 1,122 1,305 888 542Cavan 1,707 2,129 2,689 2,108 1,062 1,511 2,069 2,556 2,074 955Clare 1,831 2,174 2,727 2,286 1,393 1,787 2,023 2,601 2,184 1,186
Cork County 5,912 7,158 8,076 7,477 5,091 5,657 6,971 7,920 7,029 4,658Cork City Council 2,364 1,684 1,065 1,209 1,001 2,192 1,393 782 1,020 810Cork Total 8,276 8,842 9,141 8,686 6,092 7,849 8,364 8,702 8,049 5,468
Donegal 2,812 3,667 4,387 4,164 2,576 2,521 3,311 4,172 3,687 2,271
D/Laoghaire-Rathdown 1,777 1,867 2,472 3,052 2,087 1,599 1,804 2,404 2,811 1,888Fingal 7,734 5,672 5,863 4,725 2,149 7,401 5,556 5,575 4,519 1,824South Dublin 2,769 3,456 3,389 3,270 1,758 2,469 3,125 2,812 2,980 1,386Dublin City Council 4,530 7,024 7,746 6,678 5,348 4,037 6,110 7,223 5,748 4,561Dublin Total 16,810 18,019 19,470 17,725 11,342 15,506 16,595 18,014 16,058 9,659
Galway County 3,392 3,537 4,512 3,849 2,332 3,199 3,347 4,396 3,651 2,251Galway City Council 1,549 1,126 1,275 732 545 1,465 1,060 1,198 681 439Galway Total 4,941 4,663 5,787 4,581 2,877 4,664 4,407 5,594 4,332 2,690
Kerry 2,742 3,183 3,953 2,678 1,961 2,603 2,914 3,721 2,432 1,740Kildare 3,479 3,584 4,804 3,118 1,811 3,295 3,370 4,522 2,865 1,398Kilkenny 1,384 1,374 1,769 1,544 1,142 1,324 1,262 1,699 1,426 948Laois 1,626 1,802 2,244 2,177 1,156 1,363 1,640 2,104 1,920 917Leitrim 844 860 1,545 975 647 764 840 1,457 971 600
Limerick County 1,782 2,182 2,624 2,442 1,572 1,669 2,025 2,492 2,274 1,492Limerick City Council 1,324 961 389 334 365 1,291 881 361 274 297Limerick Total 3,106 3,143 3,013 2,776 1,937 2,960 2,906 2,853 2,548 1,789
Longford 909 973 1,328 1,579 584 864 847 1,262 1,483 517Louth 2,328 2,195 2,251 1,654 1,413 2,113 1,986 2,109 1,433 1,047Mayo 2,235 2,401 3,079 2,442 1,774 2,115 2,224 3,000 2,225 1,639Meath 3,550 3,886 3,746 2,427 1,946 3,440 3,703 3,664 2,152 1,799Monaghan 727 953 1,406 1,042 674 666 855 1,154 958 593Offaly 1,516 1,202 1,594 1,217 857 1,440 1,115 1,540 1,144 674Roscommon 1,170 1,316 2,184 1,424 1,043 1,135 1,256 1,989 1,345 931Sligo 1,312 1,164 2,164 1,269 924 1,143 1,099 2,090 1,153 861
North Tipperary 1,851 1,309 1,426 1,041 978 1,717 1,240 1,349 983 910South Tipperary 631 1,439 1,590 1,290 890 526 1,285 1,465 1,090 719Tipperary Total 2,482 2,748 3,016 2,331 1,868 2,243 2,525 2,814 2,073 1,629
Waterford County 1,248 1,369 1,511 1,235 950 1,194 1,344 1,377 1,163 823Waterford City Council 1,123 555 828 440 297 1,078 483 756 300 47Waterford Total 2,371 1,924 2,339 1,675 1,247 2,272 1,827 2,133 1,463 870
Westmeath 2,125 1,634 1,704 1,708 1,146 1,979 1,541 1,666 1,621 1,039Wexford 3,043 3,180 3,391 3,194 1,998 2,765 3,049 3,264 2,922 1,762Wicklow 2,076 2,341 1,967 1,704 1,219 1,988 2,148 1,826 1,550 999Conversions 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400
TOTALS 76,954 80,957 93,419 78,027 51,724 71,808 75,398 88,211 71,356 44,923
Note:- 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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NeW HOUSeS COMPLeTeD BY TYPe 2008
County Councils Individual House Scheme House Apartments Total(including Boroughand Town Councils)
Carlow 261 259 115 635
Cavan 529 402 131 1,062
Clare 650 604 139 1,393
Cork County 1,913 2,662 516 5,091
Cork City Council 75 380 546 1,001
Cork Total 1,988 3,042 1,062 6,092
Donegal 1,431 941 204 2,576
D/Laoghaire-Rathdown 164 176 1,747 2,087
Fingal 239 1,273 637 2,149
South Dublin 149 833 776 1,758
Dublin City Council 302 649 4,397 5,348
Dublin Total 854 2,931 7,557 11,342
Galway County 1,392 801 139 2,332
Galway City Coucil 33 228 284 545
Galway Total 1,425 1,029 423 2,877
Kerry 872 862 227 1,961
Kildare 485 1,063 263 1,811
Kilkenny 534 479 129 1,142
Laois 334 718 104 1,156
Leitrim 389 186 72 647
Limerick County 598 829 145 1,572
Limerick City 10 92 263 365
Limerick Total 608 921 408 1,937
Longford 270 287 27 584
Louth 385 839 189 1,413
Mayo 980 552 242 1,774
Meath 574 1,067 305 1,946
Monaghan 369 243 62 674
Offaly 421 340 96 857
Roscommon 578 432 33 1,043
Sligo 427 435 62 924
North Tipperary 410 473 95 978
South Tipperary 393 449 48 890
Tipperary Total 803 922 143 1,868
Waterford County 447 432 71 950
Waterford City Council 12 242 43 297
Waterford Total 459 674 114 1,247
Westmeath 452 460 234 1,146
Wexford 867 866 265 1,998
Wicklow 441 573 205 1,219
TOTALS 17,386 21,127 12,811 51,324
Note:- Note:- These data are based on the number of new dwellings connected by the ESB to the
electricity supply but exclude conversions and may not accord precisely with local authority
boundaries.
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NeW HOUSe GUARANTee ReGISTRATIONS
County Councils
(including City, 2008
Borough and Town
Councils) 2004 2005 2006 2007 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Carlow 847 938 936 747 56 98 70 6 230
Cavan 1,106 1,133 1,384 907 106 31 14 17 168
Clare 1,478 1,537 1,916 1,066 98 20 20 18 156
Cork 6,425 7,745 7,857 4,337 481 621 418 220 1,740
Donegal 913 990 1,391 1,042 146 171 35 12 364
Dublin 18,714 15,656 17,258 9,318 1,601 1,446 932 571 4,550
Galway 2,528 2,556 3,233 1,909 282 277 82 87 728
Kerry 1,762 2,012 1,746 1,232 66 117 31 42 256
Kildare 2,958 4,000 3,759 2,083 159 183 48 23 413
Kilkenny 1,174 1,570 1,305 727 80 49 25 11 165
Laois 1,568 1,946 2,287 1,549 59 131 21 10 221
Leitrim 653 816 794 265 5 17 22 18 62
Limerick 2,316 2,185 2,563 1,435 116 154 31 13 314
Longford 708 609 1,608 279 5 0 12 2 19
Louth 1,453 1,523 1,097 909 159 105 49 64 377
Mayo 1,132 1,439 1,518 1,076 89 76 44 31 240
Meath 3,347 3,456 2,868 1,655 185 218 56 101 560
Monaghan 174 435 651 227 3 40 38 81 162
Offaly 1,060 938 995 524 51 123 6 13 193
Roscommon 962 1,427 1,101 441 26 22 19 3 70
Sligo 956 1,213 1,489 826 102 33 23 5 163
Tipperary 1,885 1,949 2,158 1,911 206 140 121 65 532
Waterford 1,771 1,526 1,278 944 155 61 35 59 310
Westmeath 1,260 1,071 1,480 933 24 35 18 19 96
Wexford 2,152 2,178 2,596 1,167 56 151 78 66 351
Wicklow 1,480 1,436 1,381 842 15 138 23 60 236
TOTALS 60,782 62,284 66,649 38,351 4,331 4,457 2,271 1,617 12,676
Source: Homebond and Premier Guarantee registrations.
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COMMeNCeMeNT NOTICeS
Number of Notices Total number Of which, includes Total number Of which, includes
Received of Residential Single Houses of residential Single Houses
units Commenced units Commenced
2007 2008 2007 2008
January 1,757 1,277 5,782 1,430 2,730 1,054
February 1,623 1,381 5,774 1,357 2,790 1,178
March 1,900 1,260 5,299 1,608 2,193 1,103
April 1,855 1,458 4,613 1,598 2,617 1,271
May 1,960 1,341 5,017 1,623 2,576 1,144
June 1,729 1,091 5,262 1,413 2,532 980
July 1,556 1,049 3,497 1,301 2,036 950
August 1,647 857 3,097 1,339 1,304 771
September 1,419 824 2,982 1,208 1,117 772
October 1,497 748 2,835 1,251 1,127 708
November 1,314 572 2,767 1,082 917 526
December 658 444 1,951 547 913 399
TOTALS 18,915 12,302 48,876 15,757 22,852 10,856
Note:- Data have been collected on a monthly basis from Residential Commencement Notices, received by all of
the 37 Building Control Authorities.
This series started in January 2004.
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SUPPLY OF HOUSING LANDSurvey of undeveloped housing zoned serviced land availability - 30 June 2008
Zoned serviced landCounty & City Councils Hectares No. of Housing Units
Carlow 197 3,210Cavan 689 14,256Clare 651 16,520
Cork County 1,000 23,516Cork City Council 175 13,264Cork Total 1,176 36,780
Donegal 588 18,288
D/Laoghaire-Rathdown 428 26,793Fingal 511 19,361South Dublin 797 37,477Dublin City Council 472 65,389Dublin Total 2,209 149,020
Galway County 576 14,897Galway City Council 267 6,402Galway Total 842 21,299
Kerry 919 21,622Kildare 688 20,992Kilkenny 497 12,252Laois 149 3,742Leitrim 330 5,853
Limerick County 262 6,072Limerick City Council 113 4,382Limerick Total 375 10,454
Longford 253 6,601Louth 198 8,197Mayo 319 7,039Meath 112 8,182Monaghan 759 18,147North Tipperary 174 3,856Offaly 425 9,981Roscommon 779 15,580Sligo 322 8,468South Tipperary 400 7,287
Waterford County 146 3,099Waterford City Council 171 5,595Waterford Total 317 8,694
Westmeath 356 12,290Wexford 358 9,208Wicklow 112 4,891
TOTALS 14,191 462,709
Notes: (a) County figures include serviced land data for Borough Councils and Town Councils whereapplicable.
(b) Serviced land refers to land that has the necessary water, sewerage, transport or other servicesrequired to bring the land into development and sufficient for planning permission to begranted and construction to commence.
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NeW HOUSe PRICeS AT LOAN APPROVAL STAGe BY AReA
Period Whole Country Dublin Cork Galway Limerick Waterford Other Areas
€ € € € € € €
2004 249,191 322,628 237,858 242,218 210,868 220,286 228,057
2005 276,221 350,891 265,644 274,905 226,393 246,914 254,006
2006 305,637 405,957 305,015 286,176 275,411 271,521 276,570
2007 322,634 416,225 325,453 300,750 288,202 292,057 296,605
2008 305,269 370,495 314,276 292,777 276,719 288,478 282,677
2006
Q1 294,580 390,629 285,610 284,052 250,330 250,630 269,128
Q2 308,302 397,337 314,696 279,059 298,878 271,284 277,465
Q3 309,206 425,925 317,283 289,497 267,873 281,705 280,568
Q4 313,087 419,330 303,925 294,602 284,078 290,626 281,086
2007
Q1 320,969 417,800 322,364 304,215 276,361 285,823 293,826
Q2 331,947 426,900 334,160 325,147 290,135 305,560 306,712
Q3 319,214 412,324 332,265 281,270 285,534 293,174 293,265
Q4 314,333 402,346 310,160 275,796 311,956 278,517 288,500
2008
Q1 311,113 397,697 316,232 296,367 280,934 302,604 285,794
Q2 313,678 390,544 316,561 308,225 278,881 293,175 288,087
Q3 301,680 347,233 320,302 281,177 271,161 290,537 285,389
Q4 282,023 329,625 299,113 254,120 269,879 252,322 259,944
Annual Percentage change
2005 10.8% 8.8% 11.7% 13.5% 7.4% 12.1% 11.4%
2006 10.6% 15.7% 14.8% 4.1% 21.7% 10.0% 8.9%
2007 5.6% 2.5% 6.7% 5.1% 4.6% 7.6% 7.2%
2008 -5.4% -11.0% -3.4% -2.7% -4.0% -1.2% -4.7%
2008
Q1 -3.1% -4.8% -1.9% -2.6% 1.7% 5.9% -2.7%
Q2 -5.5% -8.5% -5.3% -5.2% -3.9% -4.1% -6.1%
Q3 -5.5% -15.8% -3.6% 0.0% -5.0% -0.9% -2.7%
Q4 -10.3% -18.1% -3.6% -7.9% -13.5% -9.4% -9.9%
Percentage change on previous quarter
2008
Q1 -1.0% -1.2% 2.0% 7.5% -9.9% 8.6% -0.9%
Q2 0.8% -1.8% 0.1% 4.0% -0.7% -3.1% 0.8%
Q3 -3.8% -11.1% 1.2% -8.8% -2.8% -0.9% -0.9%
Q4 -6.5% -5.1% -6.6% -9.6% -0.5% -13.2% -8.9%
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NeW HOUSe PRICeS (eXCLUDING APARTMeNTS) AT LOAN APPROVALSTAGe BY AReA
Period Whole Country Dublin Cork Galway Limerick Waterford Other Areas
€ € € € € € €
2004 244,852 343,251 236,076 241,545 209,850 218,447 228,974
2005 272,034 386,089 264,719 274,745 226,773 245,315 255,730
2006 297,476 473,634 298,122 287,103 282,309 270,108 278,756
2007 320,788 484,926 326,765 302,208 290,670 295,397 299,884
2008 304,763 426,861 316,177 296,948 278,680 294,960 286,100
2006
Q1 287,416 444,584 281,929 283,119 253,792 249,597 271,072
Q2 301,456 476,675 296,060 279,531 310,713 268,419 279,497
Q3 302,575 520,297 314,267 289,750 272,641 282,620 283,729
Q4 300,752 476,271 302,145 300,209 291,305 292,026 282,956
2007
Q1 319,997 488,785 322,050 309,977 281,231 287,913 297,201
Q2 329,474 503,721 334,319 320,547 290,252 308,703 310,940
Q3 319,649 503,825 335,823 284,662 287,638 294,890 295,336
Q4 309,246 433,217 314,097 278,681 312,761 286,137 291,235
2008
Q1 308,651 458,916 317,865 299,645 284,204 309,983 288,840
Q2 313,758 445,857 320,758 316,035 279,975 303,306 292,468
Q3 302,204 408,474 321,364 283,504 272,606 293,140 287,560
Q4 280,824 368,252 298,763 256,877 273,843 255,346 263,748
Annual Percentage change
2005 11.1% 12.5% 12.1% 13.7% 8.1% 12.3% 11.7%
2006 9.4% 22.7% 12.6% 4.5% 24.5% 10.1% 9.0%
2007 7.8% 2.4% 9.6% 5.3% 3.0% 9.4% 7.6%
2008 -5.0% -12.0% -3.2% -1.7% -4.1% -0.1% -4.6%
2008
Q1 -3.5% -6.1% -1.3% -3.3% 1.1% 7.7% -2.8%
Q2 -4.8% -11.5% -4.1% -1.4% -3.5% -1.7% -5.9%
Q3 -5.5% -18.9% -4.3% -0.4% -5.2% -0.6% -2.6%
Q4 -1.4% -15.0% -4.9% -7.8% -12.4% -10.8% -9.4%
Percentage change on previous quarter
2008
Q1 -0.2% 5.9% 1.2% 7.5% -9.1% 8.3% -0.8%
Q2 1.7% -2.8% 0.9% 5.5% -1.5% -2.2% 1.3%
Q3 -3.7% -8.4% 0.2% -10.3% -2.6% -3.4% -1.7%
Q4 0.8% -9.8% -7.0% -9.4% 0.5% -12.9% -8.3%
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NeW APARTMeNT PRICeS AT LOAN APPROVAL STAGe BY AReA
Period Whole Country Dublin Cork Galway Limerick Waterford Other Areas
€ € € € € € €
2004 271,016 299,667 251,942 248,041 217,585 237,372 215,978
2005 293,232 323,116 271,960 276,527 224,873 264,456 236,170
2006 326,216 369,638 327,814 279,657 236,975 283,325 251,849
2007 330,662 367,893 314,594 286,389 265,817 252,203 261,846
2008 307,318 334,992 289,255 247,888 251,204 215,915 245,811
2006
Q1 320,181 360,619 304,750 290,648 233,687 263,328 251,979
Q2 329,044 357,207 364,957 275,075 220,782 313,935 260,602
Q3 332,457 385,372 325,834 288,293 238,429 271,183 252,173
Q4 326,366 384,962 309,948 260,858 260,476 285,311 241,842
2007
Q1 324,993 364,741 325,045 262,210 245,810 261,240 262,250
Q2 342,754 380,378 333,072 368,724 288,723 265,304 258,814
Q3 316,979 341,732 293,845 216,333 263,039 258,667 262,289
Q4 334,487 380,348 276,666 242,820 302,260 222,771 264,814
2008
Q1 322,164 358,925 286,884 217,991 240,918 230,818 253,506
Q2 313,346 350,872 265,595 260,012 267,856 201,997 240,823
Q3 299,656 313,942 311,138 229,603 234,226 248,013 261,958
Q4 286,356 307,173 307,452 202,763 191,917 196,375 218,149
Annual Percentage change
2005 8.2% 7.8% 7.9% 11.5% 3.3% 11.4% 9.3%
2006 11.2% 14.4% 20.5% 1.1% 5.4% 7.1% 6.6%
2007 1.4% -0.5% -4.0% 2.4% 12.2% -11.0% 4.0%
2008 -7.1% -8.9% -8.1% -13.4% -5.5% -14.4% -6.1%
2008
Q1 -0.9% -1.6% -11.7% -16.9% -2.0% -11.6% -3.3%
Q2 -8.6% -7.8% -20.3% -29.5% -7.2% -23.9% -7.0%
Q3 -5.5% -8.1% 5.9% 6.1% -11.0% -4.1% -0.1%
Q4 -14.4% -19.2% 11.1% -16.5% -36.5% -11.8% -17.6%
Percentage change on previous quarter
2008
Q1 -3.7% -5.6% 3.7% -10.2% -20.3% 3.6% -4.3%
Q2 -2.7% -2.2% -7.4% 19.3% 11.2% -12.5% -5.0%
Q3 -4.4% -10.5% 17.1% -11.7% -12.6% 22.8% 8.8%
Q4 -4.4% -2.2% -1.2% -11.7% -18.1% -20.8% -16.7%
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SeCOND-HAND HOUSe PRICeS AT LOAN APPROVAL STAGe BY AReA
Period Whole Country Dublin Cork Galway Limerick Waterford Other Areas
€ € € € € € €
2004 294,667 389,791 273,605 278,813 218,869 220,029 235,829
2005 330,399 438,790 307,007 317,811 232,271 252,765 263,653
2006 371,447 512,461 353,104 336,948 257,958 282,998 294,021
2007 377,850 495,576 368,523 344,958 273,640 287,483 313,487
2008 348,804 444,207 340,467 333,778 259,997 286,310 298,235
2006
Q1 348,597 472,996 322,076 332,005 256,243 272,033 279,062
Q2 379,011 516,589 368,016 329,369 255,352 284,724 291,376
Q3 389,871 549,330 371,018 343,892 268,457 289,221 306,244
Q4 375,577 517,865 355,370 343,916 251,420 290,203 303,732
2007
Q1 379,874 516,211 374,714 340,756 267,257 294,777 301,850
Q2 386,989 507,544 357,379 342,397 260,796 285,151 331,315
Q3 374,392 489,749 372,774 368,864 291,091 284,476 308,733
Q4 366,912 462,806 372,294 324,968 279,348 284,782 308,339
2008
Q1 359,277 462,475 346,955 356,430 261,842 291,960 296,165
Q2 356,638 455,142 344,408 338,313 259,623 288,430 306,896
Q3 335,762 412,152 334,663 310,865 263,793 301,387 297,768
Q4 323,418 415,035 327,269 317,835 251,280 216,055 278,217
Annual Percentage change
2005 12.1% 12.6% 12.2% 14.0% 6.1% 14.9% 11.8%
2006 12.4% 16.8% 15.0% 6.0% 11.1% 12.0% 11.5%
2007 1.7% -3.3% 4.4% 2.4% 6.1% 1.6% 6.6%
2008 -7.7% -10.4% -7.6% -3.2% -5.0% -0.4% -4.9%
2008
Q1 -5.4% -10.4% -7.4% 4.6% -2.0% -1.0% -1.9%
Q2 -7.8% -10.3% -3.6% -1.2% -0.4% 1.1% -7.4%
Q3 -10.3% -15.8% -10.2% -15.7% -9.4% 5.9% -3.6%
Q4 -11.9% -10.3% -12.1% -2.2% -10.0% -24.1% -9.8%
Percentage change on previous quarter
2008
Q1 -2.1% -0.1% -6.8% 9.7% -6.3% 2.5% -3.9%
Q2 -0.7% -1.6% -0.7% -5.1% -0.8% -1.2% 3.6%
Q3 -5.9% -9.4% -2.8% -8.1% 1.6% 4.5% -3.0%
Q4 -3.7% 0.7% -2.2% 2.2% -4.7% -28.3% -6.6%
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SeCOND-HAND HOUSe PRICeS (eXCL. APARTMeNTS) AT LOANAPPROVAL STAGe BY AReA
Period Whole Country Dublin Cork Galway Limerick Waterford Other Areas
€ € € € € € €
2004 294,948 402,687 270,256 278,083 218,693 221,124 236,565
2005 330,348 456,050 307,285 319,727 231,267 252,689 264,023
2006 373,482 543,959 353,482 335,481 256,903 279,787 295,327
2007 383,996 532,873 372,720 348,822 276,638 288,964 317,635
2008 356,011 478,623 343,633 341,338 260,237 289,318 302,340
2006
Q1 343,985 489,678 320,927 328,070 250,541 259,801 276,115
Q2 383,066 551,353 368,536 330,215 256,756 283,113 294,281
Q3 396,232 591,316 371,790 347,935 265,680 292,508 309,446
Q4 380,310 554,909 357,559 338,196 255,780 291,607 307,552
2007
Q1 384,882 555,163 379,557 343,323 272,256 298,147 304,355
Q2 393,511 543,785 361,229 345,245 261,560 283,340 336,764
Q3 379,500 527,396 375,341 375,679 293,960 287,169 312,306
Q4 374,782 498,278 378,303 328,340 283,081 286,790 313,296
2008
Q1 369,170 510,402 349,137 371,869 263,931 297,691 301,188
Q2 363,208 485,973 348,640 343,512 261,794 292,217 310,411
Q3 342,878 439,333 340,032 315,801 261,775 304,210 302,819
Q4 327,673 443,062 327,019 321,430 245,718 207,521 280,280
Annual Percentage change
2005 12.0% 13.3% 13.7% 15.0% 5.7% 14.3% 11.6%
2006 13.1% 19.3% 15.0% 4.9% 11.1% 10.7% 11.9%
2007 2.8% -2.0% 5.4% 4.0% 7.7% 3.3% 7.6%
2008 -7.3% -10.2% -7.8% -2.1% -5.9% 0.1% -4.8%
2008
Q1 -4.1% -8.1% -8.0% 8.3% -3.1% -0.2% -1.0%
Q2 -7.7% -10.6% -3.5% -0.5% 0.1% 3.1% -7.8%
Q3 -9.7% -16.7% -9.4% -15.9% -10.9% 5.9% -3.0%
Q4 -12.6% -11.1% -13.6% -2.1% -13.2% -27.6% -10.5%
Percentage change on previous quarter
2008
Q1 -1.5% 2.4% -7.7% 13.3% -6.8% 3.8% -3.9%
Q2 -1.6% -4.8% -0.1% -7.6% -0.8% -1.8% 3.1%
Q3 -5.6% -9.6% -2.5% -8.1% 0.0% 4.1% -2.4%
Q4 -4.4% 0.8% -3.8% 1.8% -6.1% -31.8% -7.4%
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SeCOND-HAND APARTMeNT PRICeS AT LOAN APPROVAL STAGe BY AReA
Period Whole Country Dublin Cork Galway Limerick Waterford Other Areas
€ € € € € € €
2004 291,758 319,333 322,076 286,113 221,118 197,642 219,627
2005 330,844 364,708 303,132 300,655 245,618 254,427 256,480
2006 357,823 400,092 337,838 338,297 247,941 344,401 276,603
2007 334,959 375,457 317,363 305,529 244,700 264,426 255,402
2008 293,443 321,552 291,054 275,316 257,086 234,288 240,441
2006
Q1 382,327 414,435 336,041 367,771 314,234 323,898 320,578
Q2 359,235 401,779 376,399 344,380 235,852 316,256 255,067
Q3 345,146 394,806 334,321 291,133 225,849 218,639 267,518
Q4 331,284 377,641 307,375 355,089 208,689 245,077 244,446
2007
Q1 344,499 388,064 316,356 316,938 221,114 237,674 265,762
Q2 338,349 383,234 299,048 315,610 252,236 312,977 253,039
Q3 336,265 372,993 331,864 292,477 250,492 243,950 248,028
Q4 320,235 355,475 324,473 284,809 256,946 255,031 253,714
2008
Q1 298,705 326,840 319,152 270,368 242,799 234,357 232,484
Q2 300,498 331,672 263,171 272,023 233,409 207,864 255,018
Q3 277,740 307,059 258,715 286,091 293,330 196,250 221,261
Q4 283,569 294,319 331,923 233,000 374,770 455,000 249,683
Annual Percentage change
2005 13.4% 14.2% -5.9% 5.1% 11.1% 28.7% 16.8%
2006 8.2% 9.7% 11.4% 12.5% 0.9% 35.4% 7.8%
2007 -6.4% -6.2% -6.1% -9.7% -1.3% -23.2% -7.7%
2008 -12.4% -14.4% -8.3% -9.9% 5.1% -11.4% -5.9%
2008
Q1 -13.3% -15.8% 0.9% -14.7% 9.8% -1.4% -12.5%
Q2 -11.2% -13.5% -12.0% -13.8% -7.5% -33.6% 0.8%
Q3 -17.4% -17.7% -22.0% -2.2% 17.1% -19.6% -10.8%
Q4 -11.4% -17.2% 2.3% -18.2% 45.9% 78.4% -1.6%
Percentage change on previous quarter
2008
Q1 -6.7% -8.1% -1.6% -5.1% -5.5% -8.1% -8.4%
Q2 0.6% 1.5% -17.5% 0.6% -3.9% -11.3% 9.7%
Q3 -7.6% -7.4% -1.7% 5.2% 25.7% -5.6% -13.2%
Q4 2.1% -4.1% 28.3% -18.6% 27.8% 131.8% 12.8%
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RANGeS OF HOUSe PRICeS - WHOLe COUNTRY
Year Not exceeding €200,001 to €250,001 to €300,001 to €350,001 to €400,001 to exceeding
€200,000 €250,000 €300,000 €350,000 €400,000 €500,000 €500,000
% % % % % % %
NeW HOUSeS
2004 42 23 16 8 5 4 3
2005 28 23 19 12 7 6 5
2006 21 21 19 14 9 9 7
2007 14 17 17 13 11 11 17
2008 16 19 19 14 11 11 12
SeCOND - HAND HOUSeS
2004 32 21 17 10 6 6 7
2005 22 20 18 13 8 8 11
2006 15 15 16 16 12 11 15
2007 12 14 16 17 13 12 17
2008 13 14 17 15 12 12 18
ALL HOUSeS
2004 36 22 17 9 6 5 5
2005 25 22 19 13 8 7 8
2006 18 18 17 15 11 10 12
2007 13 15 16 15 12 11 17
2008 14 16 18 15 11 12 15
Note: Note: These house prices have been derived from an analysis of mortgage loan payments data as
supplied by mortgage lenders and only refers to the year in which the loan was drawndown.
Section 2: House Prices
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RANGeS OF HOUSe PRICeS - WHOLe COUNTRY
Section 2: House Prices
FIRST TIMe BUYeRS ONLY
Year Not exceeding €200,001 to €250,001 to €300,001 to €350,001 to €400,001 to exceeding€200,000 €250,000 €300,000 €350,000 €400,000 €500,000 €500,000
% % % % % % %
NeW HOUSeS
2004 50 25 15 6 2 1 12005 34 27 20 10 5 3 12006 26 25 20 14 8 6 32007 22 23 20 13 10 7 52008 25 25 21 12 8 6 3
SeCOND - HAND HOUSeS
2004 45 23 17 7 4 2 12005 29 26 21 14 6 3 22006 21 20 21 20 10 5 32007 17 18 21 21 12 7 42008 17 18 22 18 12 8 5
ALL HOUSeS
2004 48 24 16 7 3 2 12005 32 26 21 12 5 3 22006 24 22 21 16 9 6 32007 20 21 20 16 11 7 52008 22 22 21 15 9 7 4
FORMeR OWNeR OCCUPIeR ONLY *
Year Not exceeding €200,001 to €250,001 to €300,001 to €350,001 to €400,001 to exceeding€200,000 €250,000 €300,000 €350,000 €400,000 €500,000 €500,000
% % % % % % %
NeW HOUSeS
2004 36 22 16 10 7 6 42005 23 21 19 13 8 8 82006 17 19 18 14 10 12 112007 9 13 15 13 12 13 252008 10 14 17 15 13 14 17
SeCOND - HAND HOUSeS
2004 27 21 17 11 7 7 102005 19 18 17 13 9 10 142006 13 13 14 15 12 13 202007 10 12 14 15 13 14 222008 11 12 15 14 12 14 23
ALL HOUSeS
2004 31 21 17 10 7 7 82005 21 19 18 13 9 9 122006 15 16 16 15 11 12 162007 10 12 14 14 13 14 242008 11 13 16 15 12 14 20
* ‘Former owner occupier' also includes residential investors.
Note: These house prices have been derived from an analysis of mortgage loan payments data as suppliedby mortgage lenders and only refers to the year in which the loan was drawndown.
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RANGeS OF HOUSe PRICeS - DUBLIN AReA
Year Not exceeding €200,001 to €250,001 to €300,001 to €350,001 to €400,001 to exceeding
€200,000 €250,000 €300,000 €350,000 €400,000 €500,000 €500,000
% % % % % % %
NeW HOUSeS
2004 9 23 27 18 10 7 7
2005 4 17 28 19 12 11 10
2006 5 8 18 19 16 17 16
2007 5 7 11 14 17 18 27
2008 5 12 19 16 13 15 20
SeCOND - HAND HOUSeS
2004 6 19 23 16 11 10 15
2005 3 13 19 19 13 13 21
2006 1 4 10 20 18 18 30
2007 1 2 8 18 19 19 33
2008 2 4 13 17 17 18 29
ALL HOUSeS
2004 7 20 24 16 11 9 12
2005 3 14 22 19 12 12 17
2006 3 5 13 20 17 17 25
2007 (r ) 3 4 10 17 18 19 30
2008 3 7 15 17 15 17 26
(r ) Revised
Note: Note: These house prices have been derived from an analysis of mortgage loan payments data as
supplied by mortgage lenders and only refers to the year in which the loan was drawndown.
Section 2: House Prices
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RANGeS OF HOUSe PRICeS - DUBLIN AReA
FIRST TIMe BUYeRS ONLY
Year Not exceeding €200,001 to €250,001 to €300,001 to €350,001 to €400,001 to exceeding€200,000 €250,000 €300,000 €350,000 €400,000 €500,000 €500,000
% % % % % % %
NeW HOUSeS
2004 13 29 32 16 6 3 12005 5 21 35 20 10 7 32006 9 11 23 22 16 12 62007 (r ) 10 15 18 16 18 16 82008 9 22 29 15 11 9 5
SeCOND - HAND HOUSeS
2004 10 27 31 15 9 5 32005 5 18 27 26 12 7 52006 2 6 16 32 22 13 92007 2 4 14 30 25 15 112008 3 6 19 24 21 16 11
ALL HOUSeS
2004 11 28 31 16 8 4 22005 5 19 31 23 11 7 42006 6 8 19 27 19 13 82007 6 9 16 23 22 15 92008 5 13 24 20 16 13 9
Section 2: House Prices
FORMeR OWNeR OCCUPIeR ONLY *
Year Not exceeding €200,001 to €250,001 to €300,001 to €350,001 to €400,001 to exceeding€200,000 €250,000 €300,000 €350,000 €400,000 €500,000 €500,000
% % % % % % %
NeW HOUSeS
2004 6 18 22 19 13 11 112005 3 13 23 19 13 15 162006 1 6 15 17 16 21 242007 1 2 7 13 16 20 412008 1 5 11 16 15 20 32
SeCOND - HAND HOUSeS
2004 5 16 21 16 12 12 202005 2 11 15 16 13 15 282006 1 3 8 15 16 19 382007 1 2 6 13 16 21 422008 2 3 9 14 14 19 39
ALL HOUSeS
2004 5 17 21 17 12 12 172005 2 11 17 17 13 15 242006 1 4 10 16 16 20 342007 1 2 6 13 16 21 422008 2 4 10 15 15 19 36
* ‘Former owner occupier' also includes residential investors.(r ) Revised
Note: These house prices have been derived from an analysis of mortgage loan payments data as suppliedby mortgage lenders and only refers to the year in which the loan was drawndown.
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NATIONAL HOUSe BUILDING COST INDeX
BASe: JANUARY 1991 = 100
Month 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
January 174.2 179.6 184.7 189.9 198.8 207.4
February 174.5 179.7 184.8 190.1 198.8 208.2
March 174.5 179.9 184.9 190.6 199.4 208.6
April 177.3 179.9 186.5 194.0 200.0 208.9
May 177.3 180.0 186.6 194.2 200.1 209.4
June 177.4 180.2 186.6 194.3 200.3 209.9
July 177.1 181.1 186.7 194.4 203.7 210.4
August 177.2 182.2 186.9 194.5 203.6 210.4
September 177.2 182.2 186.9 194.6 203.7 210.5
October 177.2 183.9 189.5 197.7 203.8 210.1
November 177.2 184.2 189.4 198.0 203.8 209.9
December 177.2 184.2 189.7 198.1 204.2 209.3
Yearly 176.5 181.5 186.9 194.2 201.7 209.4
average
Increase on 2.7% 2.8% 3.0% 3.9% 3.9% 3.8%
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.
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HOUSING LOANS APPROVeD
Period New Houses Second-hand Houses Totals
Number Value €m Number Value €m Number Value €m
2003 39,676 6968.2 58,212 10477.8 97,888 17446.1
2004 50,018 9750.0 54,287 11269.2 104,305 21019.2
2005 58,104 12971.0 61,933 14782.3 120,037 27753.3
2006 53,895 13994.7 60,698 17387.5 114,593 31382.2
2007 40,497 10560.4 48,250 13503.7 88,747 24064.1
2008 26,293 6625.2 29,586 8515.0 55,879 15140.3
2006
Q1 14,604 3457.4 16,899 4254.0 31,503 7711.5
Q2 16,814 4187.0 18,404 4904.6 35,218 9091.6
Q3 11,148 3142.9 13,691 4418.5 24,839 7561.5
Q4 11,329 3207.4 11,704 3810.3 23,033 7017.7
2007
Q1 12,132 3065.0 12,466 3382.2 24,598 6447.2
Q2 11,219 2964.1 13,996 3828.0 25,215 6792.1
Q3 8,949 2358.8 11,345 3244.7 20,294 5603.5
Q4 8,197 2172.5 10,443 3048.8 18,640 5221.3
2008
Q1 6,682 1807.9 8,676 2610.9 15,358 4418.8
Q2 9,123 2356.3 10,700 3173.2 19,823 5529.5
Q3 6,287 1486.6 6,342 1698.9 12,629 3185.5
Q4 4,201 974.4 3,868 1032.0 8,069 2006.4
Annual Percentage Change
2004 26.1% 39.9% -6.7% 7.6% 6.6% 20.5%
2005 16.2% 33.0% 14.1% 31.2% 15.1% 32.0%
2006 -7.2% 7.9% -2.0% 17.6% -4.5% 13.1%
2007 -24.9% -24.5% -20.5% -22.3% -22.6% -23.3%
2008 -35.1% -37.3% -38.7% -36.9% -37.0% -37.1%
2008
Q1 -44.9% -41.0% -30.4% -22.8% -37.6% -31.5%
Q2 -18.7% -20.5% -23.5% -17.1% -21.4% -18.6%
Q3 -29.7% -37.0% -44.1% -47.6% -37.8% -43.2%
Q4 -48.7% -55.1% -63.0% -66.1% -56.7% -61.6%
Percentage change on previous quarter
2008
Q1 -18.5% -16.8% -16.9% -14.4% -17.6% -15.4%
Q2 36.5% 30.3% 23.3% 21.5% 29.1% 25.1%
Q3 -31.1% -36.9% -40.7% -46.5% -36.3% -42.4%
Q4 -33.2% -34.5% -39.0% -39.3% -36.1% -37.0%
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HOUSING LOANS PAID
Period New Houses Second-hand Houses Totals
Number Value €m Number Value €m Number Value €m
2003 35,292 5398.1 49,457 8125.7 84,749 13523.7
2004 44,231 7416.0 54,478 9517.2 98,709 16933.2
2005 53,758 9689.8 53,922 11,846.0 107,680 21535.8
2006 55,737 11001.5 55,516 14,493.8 111,253 25495.2
2004
Q1 9,047 1364.2 12,718 1957.2 21,765 3321.4
Q2 11,261 1763.5 13,760 2326.1 25,021 4089.5
Q3 11,074 2088.0 14,765 2704.2 25,839 4792.2
Q4 12,849 2200.3 13,235 2529.8 26,084 4730.0
2005
Q1 10,861 1847.0 10,168 1989.3 21,029 3836.3
Q2 13,313 2321.0 13,727 2846.4 27,040 5167.4
Q3 13,982 2524.9 14,933 3436.3 28,915 5961.2
Q4 15,602 2996.9 15,094 3574.0 30,696 6570.9
2006
Q1 13,470 2503.3 12,357 2842.3 25,827 5345.6
Q2 14,599 2648.8 14,223 3383.6 28,822 6032.4
Q3 13,534 2798.4 15,024 4285.0 28,558 7083.4
Q4 14,134 3051.0 13,912 3982.9 28,046 7033.9
Annual percentage change
2004 25.3% 37.4% 10.2% 17.1% 16.5% 25.2%
2005 21.5% 30.7% -1.0% 24.5% 9.1% 27.2%
2006 3.7% 13.5% 3.0% 22.4% 3.3% 18.4%
2006
Q1 24.0% 35.5% 21.5% 42.9% 22.8% 39.3%
Q2 9.7% 14.1% 3.6% 18.9% 6.6% 16.7%
Q3 -3.2% 10.8% 0.6% 24.7% -1.2% 18.8%
Q4 -9.4% 1.8% -7.8% 11.4% -8.6% 7.0%
Percentage change on previous quarter
2006
Q1 -13.7% -16.5% -18.1% -20.5% -15.9% -18.6%
Q2 8.4% 5.8% 15.1% 19.0% 11.6% 12.8%
Q3 -7.3% 5.6% 5.6% 26.6% -0.9% 17.4%
Q4 4.4% 9.0% -7.4% -7.1% -1.8% -0.7%
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HOUSING LOANS PAID DATA FROM IBF
Year New Houses Second-hand Houses Totals
Number Value €m Number Value €m Number Value €m
2007 46,522 11644.9 37,672 10804.1 84,194 22449.0
2008 24,467 6,455 29,224 8,054 53,691 14,508
2007
Q1 9,898 2278.0 11,068 3054.0 20,966 5332.0
Q2 12,564 3114.4 9,522 2683.6 22,086 5798.0
Q3 12,643 3250.7 9,235 2760.3 21,878 6011.0
Q4 11,417 3001.8 7,847 2306.2 19,264 5308.0
2008
Q1 8,089 2222.4 5,231 1549.3 13,320 3771.7
Q2 6,670 1748.7 10,043 2909.7 16,713 4658.4
Q3 5,776 1490.6 8,456 2233.8 14,232 3724.4
Q4 3,932 992.8 5,494 1361.0 9,426 2353.8
Annual percentage change
2008 -47.4% -44.6% -22.4% -25.5% -36.2% -35.4%
2008
Q1 -18.3% -2.4% -52.7% -49.3% -36.5% -29.3%
Q2 -46.9% -43.9% 5.5% 8.4% -24.3% -19.7%
Q3 -54.3% -54.1% -8.4% -19.1% -34.9% -38.0%
Q4 -65.6% -66.9% -30.0% -41.0% -51.1% -55.7%
Percentage change on previous quarter
2008
Q1 -29.1% -26.0% -33.3% -32.8% -30.9% -28.9%
Q2 -17.5% -21.3% 92.0% 87.8% 25.5% 23.5%
Q3 -13.4% -14.8% -15.8% -23.2% -14.8% -20.0%
Q4 -31.9% -33.4% -35.0% -39.1% -33.8% -36.8%
Source: IBF/PwC Mortgage Market Profile
In addition, 75 loans to the value of €7.3 million were paid out by Local Authorities in 2008. (58 new houses,
value €5.5m: 17 other houses, value €1.8m)
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RANGeS OF LOANS PAID - WHOLe COUNTRY
Section 3: Housing Loans
Year Not exceeding €100,001 to €150,001 to €200,001 to €250,001 to €300,001 to exceeding
€100,000 €150,000 €200,000 €250,000 €300,000 €400,000 €400,000
% % % % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
2004 15 23 27 17 9 6 3
2005 11 17 26 19 13 9 5
2006 9 13 22 19 15 14 8
2007 8 12 20 19 16 16 9
2008 8 12 20 20 16 15 10
Year Not exceeding €100,001 to €150,001 to €200,001 to €250,001 to €300,001 to exceeding
€100,000 €150,000 €200,000 €250,000 €300,000 €400,000 €400,000
% % % % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
2004 9 24 34 20 9 4 1
2005 6 15 30 24 16 8 2
2006 4 11 25 23 18 16 4
2007 4 10 23 23 19 18 4
2008 4 10 24 25 19 15 4
Year Not exceeding €100,001 to €150,001 to €200,001 to €250,001 to €300,001 to exceeding
€100,000 €150,000 €200,000 €250,000 €300,000 €400,000 €400,000
% % % % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
2004 19 23 24 15 9 6 4
2005 14 18 23 17 12 10 7
2006 11 14 21 17 14 13 10
2007 10 13 19 17 15 15 11
2008 9 13 19 18 15 15 13
* ‘Former owner occupier' also includes residential investors.
Note: Ranges of loans paid have been derived from an analysis of mortgage loan payments data as
supplied by mortgage lenders and only refers to the year in which the loan was drawndown.
FIRST TIMe BUYeRS ONLY
FORMeR OWNeR OCCUPIeR ONLY *
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RANGeS OF LOANS PAID - DUBLIN AReA
Section 3: Housing Loans
Year Not exceeding €100,001 to €150,001 to €200,001 to €250,001 to €300,001 to exceeding
€100,000 €150,000 €200,000 €250,000 €300,000 €400,000 €400,000
% % % % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
2004 8 9 20 25 18 13 8
2005 5 6 14 22 22 19 13
2006 5 5 9 14 20 28 19
2007 4 5 10 13 18 29 21
2008 4 4 9 16 20 27 21
Year Not exceeding €100,001 to €150,001 to €200,001 to €250,001 to €300,001 to exceeding
€100,000 €150,000 €200,000 €250,000 €300,000 €400,000 €400,000
% % % % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
2004 2 5 21 36 22 12 3
2005 1 3 12 27 31 20 5
2006 1 4 8 14 24 38 12
2007 1 3 10 14 21 39 12
2008 2 3 10 20 26 29 11
Year Not exceeding €100,001 to €150,001 to €200,001 to €250,001 to €300,001 to exceeding
€100,000 €150,000 €200,000 €250,000 €300,000 €400,000 €400,000
% % % % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
2004 10 11 19 20 16 13 11
2005 7 7 15 18 17 18 17
2006 7 6 10 14 18 23 23
2007 6 6 10 12 17 25 25
2008 5 5 9 13 16 25 27
* Former owner occupier' also includes residential investors.
Note: Ranges of loans paid have been derived from an analysis of mortgage loan payments data as
supplied by mortgage lenders and only refers to the year in which the loan was drawndown.
FIRST TIMe BUYeRS ONLY
FORMeR OWNeR OCCUPIeR ONLY *
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RANGeS OF LOAN TO VALUe - WHOLe COUNTRY
Year Up to 71% to 81% to 91% to 96%
70% 80% 90% 95% 99% 100%
ALL HOUSeS
2004 35 14 24 21 1 5
2005 34 14 21 23 1 8
2006 34 14 19 16 2 15
2007 40 12 17 15 4 12
2008 37 12 16 20 3 12
Section 3: Housing Loans
FIRST TIMe BUYeRS ONLY
Year Up to 71% to 81% to 91% to 96%
70% 80% 90% 95% 99% 100%
ALL HOUSeS
2004 17 8 23 46 1 6
2005 16 7 15 47 2 13
2006 16 6 12 27 5 34
2007 19 7 12 28 9 26
2008 18 7 13 31 8 23
FORMeR OWNeR OCCUPIeR ONLY *
Year Up to 71% to 81% to 91% to 96%
70% 80% 90% 95% 99% 100%
ALL HOUSeS
2004 45 18 24 9 1 4
2005 43 17 24 11 1 5
2006 44 18 23 9 1 6
2007 50 15 20 9 1 5
2008 47 15 17 14 1 7
* ‘Former owner occupier' also includes residential investors.
Note: Ranges of loan values have been derived from an analysis of mortgage loan payments data as
supplied by mortgage lenders and only refers to the year in which the loan was drawndown.
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RANGeS OF LOAN TO VALUe - DUBLIN AReA
Section 3: Housing Loans
Year Up to 71% to 81% to 91% to 96%
70% 80% 90% 95% 99% 100%
ALL HOUSeS
2004 34 14 24 24 1 4
2005 30 14 21 27 1 7
2006 33 14 19 17 3 14
2007 (r ) 38 12 17 17 5 10
2008 30 12 18 25 5 10
FIRST TIMe BUYeRS ONLY
Year Up to 71% to 81% to 91% to 96%
70% 80% 90% 95% 99% 100%
ALL HOUSeS
2004 11 6 24 53 1 5
2005 11 6 16 53 2 13
2006 10 6 13 32 8 31
2007 (r ) 13 6 14 33 13 21
2008 12 7 15 36 12 18
FORMeR OWNeR OCCUPIeR ONLY *
Year Up to 71% to 81% to 91% to 96%
70% 80% 90% 95% 99% 100%
ALL HOUSeS
2004 44 18 23 10 1 3
2005 40 18 25 12 1 4
2006 44 18 22 10 1 5
2007 (r ) 50 16 19 10 1 5
2008 40 16 20 18 2 5
* ‘Former owner occupier' also includes residential investors.
(r ) Revised
Note: Note: Ranges of loan values have been derived from an analysis of mortgage loan payments data
as supplied by mortgage lenders and only refers to the year in which the loan was drawndown
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RANGeS OF LOAN TeRMS - WHOLe COUNTRY
Year Up to 21 to 26 to 31 to 36+
20 years 25 years 30 years 35 years years
% % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
2004 31 31 28 10 0
2005 25 27 26 21 2
2006 23 25 21 29 2
2007 (r ) 23 23 20 33 2
2008 23 21 18 30 9
Section 3: Housing Loans
FIRST TIMe BUYeRS ONLY
FORMeR OWNeR OCCUPIeR ONLY *
Year Up to 21 to 26 to 31 to 36+
20 years 25 years 30 years 35 years years
% % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
2004 12 23 43 22 1
2005 8 15 33 41 3
2006 6 11 24 56 4
2007 (r ) 6 10 19 62 3
2008 7 11 17 54 11
Year Up to 21 to 26 to 31 to 36+
20 years 25 years 30 years 35 years years
% % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
2004 41 34 20 5 1
2005 35 33 21 10 1
2006 32 33 20 14 1
2007 31 30 20 18 2
2008 31 25 18 18 7
* ‘Former owner occupier' also includes residential investors.
(r ) Revised
Note: Ranges of loan terms have been derived from an analysis of mortgage loan payments data as
supplied by mortgage lenders and only refers to the year in which the loan was drawndown.
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RANGeS OF LOAN TeRMS - DUBLIN AReA
Section 3: Housing Loans
Year Up to 21 to 26 to 31 to 36+
20 years 25 years 30 years 35 years years
% % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
2004 25 28 33 14 0
2005 20 25 28 26 2
2006 18 24 21 35 3
2007 19 21 18 39 3
2008 17 18 17 37 11
FIRST TIMe BUYeRS ONLY
FORMeR OWNeR OCCUPIeR ONLY *
Year Up to 21 to 26 to 31 to 36+
20 years 25 years 30 years 35 years years
% % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
2004 7 15 49 28 1
2005 4 10 33 48 5
2006 3 7 21 65 5
2007 (r ) 3 6 16 72 3
2008 4 8 14 61 13
Year Up to 21 to 26 to 31 to 36+
20 years 25 years 30 years 35 years years
% % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
2004 33 34 26 7 1
2005 29 33 25 13 1
2006 26 32 21 19 1
2007 27 29 20 22 2
2008 25 25 19 22 10
* ‘Former owner occupier' also includes residential investors.
(r ) Revised
Note: Ranges of loan terms have been derived from an analysis of mortgage loan payments data as
supplied by mortgage lenders and only refers to the year in which the loan was drawndown.
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OWNeRSHIP STATUS OF BORROWeRS
WHOLe COUNTY DUBLIN
Year First time buyers Other First time buyers Other
% % % %
NeW HOUSeS
2004 44 56 45 55
2005 43 57 46 55
2006 43 57 46 54
2007 38 62 41 59
2008 41 59 45 55
SeCOND - HAND HOUSeS
2004 26 74 26 74
2005 29 71 30 70
2006 29 72 28 72
2007 30 70 30 70
2008 29 72 34 66
ALL HOUSeS
2004 34 66 32 68
2005 36 64 35 65
2006 35 65 34 66
2007 34 66 35 66
2008 34 66 38 62
(r ) Revised
Note: Ownership status have been derived from an analysis of mortgage loan payments data as
supplied by mortgage lenders and only refers to the year in which the loan was drawndown.
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RANGeS OF AGeS - WHOLe COUNTRY
Year Up to 26 to 31 to 36 to 41 to 46+
25 years 30 years 35 years 40 years 45 years years
% % % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
2004 19 41 24 10 4 3
2005 18 40 24 10 4 4
2006 19 40 23 10 4 4
2007 18 40 23 10 5 4
2008 17 40 23 11 5 4
Section 4: Profile of Borrowers
FIRST TIMe BUYeRS ONLY
Year Up to 26 to 31 to 36 to 41 to 46+
25 years 30 years 35 years 40 years 45 years years
% % % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
2004 5 16 24 20 15 21
2005 4 15 23 20 15 23
2006 4 15 23 20 15 24
2007 4 16 23 20 15 23
2008 5 17 22 19 14 23
* ‘Former owner occupier' also includes residential investors.
Note: Ranges of ages have been derived from an analysis of mortgage loan payments data as supplied
by mortgage lenders and only refers to the year in which the loan was drawndown.
FORMeR OWNeR OCCUPIeR ONLY*
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Section 4: Profile of Borrowers
Year Up to 26 to 31 to 36 to 41 to 46+
25 years 30 years 35 years 40 years 45 years years
% % % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
2004 18 43 25 8 3 3
2005 16 42 26 9 3 3
2006 16 42 25 10 4 3
2007 (r ) 17 42 23 11 4 4
2008 16 40 24 12 4 4
FIRST TIMe BUYeRS ONLY
Year Up to 26 to 31 to 36 to 41 to 46+
25 years 30 years 35 years 40 years 45 years years
% % % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
2004 5 17 26 19 14 20
2005 4 17 25 20 13 22
2006 5 17 24 19 13 23
2007 (r ) 4 16 23 18 13 25
2008 5 19 22 18 12 25
* ‘Former owner occupier' also includes residential investors.
(r ) Revised
Note: Ranges of ages have been derived from an analysis of mortgage loan payments data as supplied
by mortgage lenders and only refers to the year in which the loan was drawndown.
FORMeR OWNeR OCCUPIeR ONLY*
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RANGeS OF INCOMe OF BORROWeRS - WHOLe COUNTRY
Year Not exceeding €40,001 to €50,001 to €60,001 to €70,001 to exceeding
€40,000 €50,000 €60,000 €70,000 €80,000 €80,000
% % % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
Based on Combined Incomes of Borrowers
2004 8 14 18 16 12 31
2005 6 13 17 16 13 35
2006 4 11 15 16 14 40
2007 3 9 14 16 14 45
2008 3 8 14 15 13 47
Section 4: Profile of Borrowers
FIRST TIMe BUYeRS ONLY
FORMeR OWNeR OCCUPIeR ONLY*
Year Not exceeding €40,001 to €50,001 to €60,001 to €70,001 to exceeding
€40,000 €50,000 €60,000 €70,000 €80,000 €80,000
% % % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
Based on Combined Incomes of Borrowers
2004 9 20 25 20 12 15
2005 7 18 23 21 13 18
2006 5 15 20 21 16 23
2007 4 13 22 21 16 24
2008 4 13 22 21 16 25
Year Not exceeding €40,001 to €50,001 to €60,001 to €70,001 to exceeding
€40,000 €50,000 €60,000 €70,000 €80,000 €80,000
% % % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
Based on Combined Incomes of Borrowers
2004 7 12 15 14 13 39
2005 6 9 13 14 12 46
2006 4 8 11 13 12 53
2007 3 6 11 13 13 54
2008 3 6 10 12 12 57
* 'Former owner occupier' also includes residential investors.
Note: Ranges of incomes have been derived from an analysis of mortgage loan payments data as
supplied by mortgage lenders and only refers to the year in which the loan was drawndown.
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Section 4: Profile of Borrowers
Year Not exceeding €40,001 to €50,001 to €60,001 to €70,001 to exceeding
€40,000 €50,000 €60,000 €70,000 €80,000 €80,000
% % % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
Based on Combined Incomes of Borrowers
2004 4 8 15 15 13 46
2005 3 7 13 15 13 49
2006 2 5 10 15 15 54
2007 1 4 9 13 14 59
2008 1 4 10 13 13 60
FIRST TIMe BUYeRS ONLY
Year Not exceeding €40,001 to €50,001 to €60,001 to €70,001 to exceeding
€40,000 €50,000 €60,000 €70,000 €80,000 €80,000
% % % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
Based on Combined Incomes of Borrowers
2004 3 10 22 23 16 27
2005 2 9 19 24 17 30
2006 1 6 14 22 20 37
2007 1 6 15 20 19 40
2008 1 6 16 21 19 38
Year Not exceeding €40,001 to €50,001 to €60,001 to €70,001 to exceeding
€40,000 €50,000 €60,000 €70,000 €80,000 €80,000
% % % % % %
ALL HOUSeS
Based on Combined Incomes of Borrowers
2004 3 7 11 12 13 54
2005 3 5 9 11 11 61
2006 2 4 7 10 11 67
2007 1 3 6 10 11 69
2008 1 3 7 8 9 73
* 'Former owner occupier' also includes residential investors.
Note: Ranges of incomes have been derived from an analysis of mortgage loan payments data as
supplied by mortgage lenders and only refers to the year in which the loan was drawndown.
FORMeR OWNeR OCCUPIeR ONLY*
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TOTAL SOCIAL AND AFFORDABLe HOUSING PROVISION 2008
Local Total Local Voluntary & RAS; extensions/ Houses Total Social Affordable Total
Authority Authority Co-operative Improvement available rented Housing Social &
Completions & Housing works in lieu for rent accommodation (including Affordable
Acquisitions of re-housing: from provision mortgage Housing
Traveller Units existing allowance) provision
(see footnote) stock
Carlow Co Co 39 66 106 20 231 16 247
Carlow T.C. 0 0 6 18 24 0 24
Total Carlow 39 66 112 38 255 16 271
Cavan Co Co 122 0 37 71 230 24 254
Cavan T.C. 0 0 0 62 62 0 62
Total Cavan 122 0 37 133 292 24 316
Clare Co Co 226 4 70 57 357 57 414
Ennis T.C. 0 0 1 39 40 8 48
Kilrush T.C. 0 0 0 13 13 0 13
Total Clare 226 4 71 109 410 65 475
Cork City 203 50 146 110 509 103 612
Cork North Co Co. 327 160 90 90 667 98 765
Fermoy T.C. 0 0 0 2 2 0 2
Mallow T.C. 0 0 0 29 29 0 29
Total Cork North 327 160 90 121 698 98 796
Cork South Co Co 0 0 170 58 228 288 516
Cobh T.C. 0 0 0 10 10 0 10
Kinsale T.C. 0 0 0 7 7 0 7
Macroom T.C. 0 0 0 7 7 12 19
Midleton T.C. 0 0 0 7 7 0 7
Youghal T.C. 0 0 0 3 3 6 9
Total Cork South 0 0 170 92 262 306 568
Cork West Co Co 0 0 10 33 43 20 63
Clonakilty T.C. 0 0 1 16 17 4 21
Skibbereen T.C. 0 0 0 6 6 2 8
Total Cork West 0 0 11 55 66 26 92
Donegal Co Co 224 130 39 103 496 90 586
Buncrana T.C. 0 0 1 13 14 0 14
Bundoran T.C. 0 0 0 2 2 0 2
Letterkenny T.C. 0 0 0 17 17 15 32
Total Donegal 224 130 40 135 529 105 634
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Local Total Local Voluntary & RAS; extensions/ Houses Total Social Affordable Total
Authority Authority Co-operative Improvement available rented Housing Social &
Completions & Housing works in lieu for rent accommodation (including Affordable
Acquisitions of re-housing: from provision mortgage Housing
Traveller Units existing allowance) provision
(see footnote) stock
Dublin City 703 169 419 556 1,847 618 2,465
D/L-Rathdown 21 182 120 81 404 378 782
Fingal 155 183 171 173 682 585 1,267
South Dublin 256 126 307 208 897 528 1,425
Galway City 78 49 133 46 306 29 335
Galway Co Co 91 5 76 65 237 30 267
Ballinasloe T.C. 0 0 6 22 28 12 40
Total Galway 91 5 82 87 265 42 307
Kerry Co Co 168 60 145 73 446 52 498
Killarney T.C. 0 0 1 5 6 13 19
Listowel T.C. 0 0 1 8 9 4 13
Tralee T.C. 0 0 3 37 40 28 68
Total Kerry 168 60 150 123 501 97 598
Kildare Co Co 374 63 79 110 626 248 874
Athy T.C. 0 0 0 3 3 2 5
Naas T.C. 0 0 0 7 7 0 7
Total Kildare 374 63 79 120 636 250 886
Kilkenny Co Co 173 34 57 50 314 35 349
Kilkenny Borough 0 0 1 12 13 0 13
Laois Co Co 149 92 31 70 342 194 536
Leitrim Co Co 47 0 19 50 116 3 119
Limerick City 87 28 133 61 309 31 340
Limerick Co Co 75 16 32 51 174 31 205
Longford Co Co 94 7 116 106 323 30 353
Longford T.C. 0 0 2 28 30 0 30
Total Longford 94 7 118 134 353 30 383
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Local Total Local Voluntary & RAS; extensions/ Houses Total Social Affordable Total
Authority Authority Co-operative Improvement available rented Housing Social &
Completions & Housing works in lieu for rent accommodation (including Affordable
Acquisitions of re-housing: from provision mortgage Housing
Traveller Units existing allowance) provision
(see footnote) stock
Louth Co Co 290 106 57 13 466 29 495
Dundalk T.C. 0 0 0 66 66 51 117
Total Louth 290 106 57 79 532 80 612
Drogheda Borough 0 0 4 197 201 35 236
Mayo Co Co 91 52 162 51 356 41 397
Ballina T.C. 0 0 3 8 11 3 14
Castlebar T.C. 0 0 0 6 6 0 6
Westport T.C. 0 0 0 11 11 15 26
Total Mayo 91 52 165 76 384 59 443
Meath Co Co 126 22 16 214 378 348 726
Kells T.C. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Navan T. C. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trim T.C. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Meath 126 22 16 214 378 348 726
Monaghan Co Co 70 41 40 46 197 4 201
Carrickmacross T.C. 0 0 0 5 5 0 5
Catsleblaney T.C. 0 0 0 6 6 0 6
Clones T.C. 0 0 0 3 3 0 3
Monaghan T.C. 0 0 0 13 13 0 13
Total Monaghan 70 41 40 73 224 4 228
Offaly Co Co 162 46 48 50 306 32 338
Birr T.C. 0 0 1 1 2 0 2
Tullamore T.C. 0 0 2 106 108 0 108
Total Offaly 162 46 51 157 416 32 448
Roscommon Co Co 114 8 85 39 246 25 271
Sligo Co Co 84 0 66 30 180 27 207
Sligo Borough 0 0 9 31 40 3 43
Tipperary North Co Co 67 31 60 48 206 3 209
Nenagh T.C. 0 0 0 3 3 -1 2
Templemore T.C. 0 0 0 6 6 0 6
Thurles T.C. 0 0 6 9 15 4 19
Total Tipperary North 67 31 66 66 230 6 236
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Local Total Local Voluntary & RAS; extensions/ Houses Total Social Affordable Total
Authority Authority Co-operative Improvement available rented Housing Social &
Completions & Housing works in lieu for rent accommodation (including Affordable
Acquisitions of re-housing: from provision mortgage Housing
Traveller Units existing allowance) provision
(see footnote) stock
Tipperary Sth Co Co 130 51 111 146 438 41 479
Carrick-on-suir T.C. 0 0 1 15 16 2 18
Cashel T.C. 0 0 1 10 11 0 11
Tipperary T.C. 0 0 1 27 28 0 28
Total Tipperary Sth 130 51 114 198 493 43 536
Clonmel Borough 0 0 0 10 10 11 21
Waterford City 235 18 34 200 487 73 560
Waterford Co Co 81 48 45 7 181 37 218
Dungarvan T.C. 0 0 2 22 24 4 28
Total Waterford Co 81 48 47 29 205 41 246
Westmeath Co Co 109 12 93 67 281 94 375
Athlone T.C. 0 0 0 27 27 0 27
Total Westmeath 109 12 93 94 308 94 402
Wexford Co Co 281 20 72 117 490 103 593
Enniscorthy T.C. 0 0 5 6 11 0 11
Newross T.C. 0 0 0 5 5 1 6
Total Wexford 281 20 77 128 506 104 610
Wexford Borough 0 0 2 14 16 1 17
Wicklow Co Co 240 17 79 51 387 167 554
Arklow T.C. 0 0 0 11 11 2 13
Bray T.C. 0 0 1 23 24 7 31
Wicklow T.C. 0 0 2 7 9 0 9
Total Wicklow 240 17 82 92 431 176 607
TOTALS 5,692 1,896 3,537 4,342 15,467 4,756 20,223
Notes:- Affordable Housing includes 1999 Affordable Housing, AHI, AHP, 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.
Figures include 3,012 tenants who transferred to private landlords under the Rental Accommodation
Scheme ( RAS ) and 117 new and 76 refurbished traveller accommodation units.
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PART V, PLANNING AND DeVeLOPMeNT ACTS 2000 - 2007YeAR 2008
County Councils Affordable Housing Social Housing Total Output
(including Local Authority Voluntary & Co-operative
Borough & No. of units:- No. of units:- No. of units:- No. of units:-
Town Councils) in in in in
acquired progress proposed* acquired progress proposed* acquired progress proposed* acquired progress proposed*
Carlow 16 10 21 14 7 16 53 6 4 83 23 41
Cavan 16 13 8 30 10 15 0 0 0 46 23 23
Clare 31 33 4 0 4 0 0 0 12 31 37 16
Cork County 324 536 66 109 137 17 10 27 11 443 700 94
Cork City 0 6 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 12
Cork Total 324 542 78 110 137 17 10 27 11 444 706 106
Donegal 73 8 10 6 8 48 0 0 0 79 16 58
D/L.-Rathdown 377 214 93 29 3 0 119 156 125 525 373 218
Fingal 376 4 692 8 7 0 12 0 0 396 11 692
South Dublin 412 357 24 31 54 0 43 109 0 486 520 24
Dublin City 334 200 185 62 77 136 68 195 7 464 472 328
Dublin Total 1,499 775 994 130 141 136 242 460 132 1,871 1,376 1,262
Galway County 19 69 9 42 60 9 0 15 0 61 144 18
Galway City 16 169 5 169 0 21 7 0 24 192 169 50
Galway Total 35 238 14 211 60 30 7 15 24 253 313 68
Kerry 45 29 28 35 18 12 0 13 6 80 60 46
Kildare 132 45 62 14 46 20 0 60 0 146 151 82
Kilkenny 20 42 18 65 100 42 0 4 7 85 146 67
Laois 133 70 9 116 89 9 0 0 0 249 159 18
Leitrim 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Limerick County 17 30 17 0 0 0 0 5 0 17 35 17
Limerick City 5 0 152 3 5 42 2 0 0 10 5 194
Limerick Total 22 30 169 3 5 42 2 5 0 27 40 211
Longford 29 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 35
Louth 48 95 220 15 9 9 10 75 0 73 179 229
Mayo 37 40 56 3 3 25 0 0 0 40 43 81
Meath 294 207 207 16 22 17 0 34 0 310 263 224
Monaghan 0 3 0 14 55 10 31 3 0 45 61 10
North Tipperary 7 3 8 26 5 35 0 60 0 33 68 43
Offaly 7 17 24 14 39 27 0 0 0 21 56 51
Roscommon 21 0 0 8 69 19 0 8 7 29 77 26
Sligo 18 37 2 22 21 13 0 14 0 40 72 15
South Tipperary 47 24 20 51 43 26 0 0 32 98 67 78
Waterford County 32 22 34 36 21 25 0 0 0 68 43 59
Waterford City 67 45 0 25 15 0 0 14 0 92 74 0
Waterford Total 99 67 34 61 36 25 0 14 0 160 117 59
Westmeath 43 27 6 22 15 20 0 0 0 65 42 26
Wexford 23 19 15 71 20 20 0 0 0 94 39 35
Wicklow 60 13 0 18 12 0 7 0 0 85 25 0
TOTALS 3,081 2,387 2,042 1,075 974 633 362 798 235 4,518 4,159 2,910
Note:- In addition, 224 units were also delivered directly under AHI in 2008 (Cork County -18; Cork City -103 ;
Fingal - 42; Kildare - 47 and Wexford - 14 ).
A further 367 units were delivered through the Affordable Homes Partnership in 2008 (Fingal - 89;
South Dublin - 112; Dublin City - 34; Kildare - 54; Meath - 25 and Wicklow - 53).
* No. of units proposed on foot of aggreements that have been entered into at 31 December 2008 but not yet started.
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SHAReD OWNeRSHIP AND AFFORDABLe HOUSING SCHeMeS - BY AReA2008
Shared Ownership Affordable Housing (1999 Scheme)County No. of:- No. of houses:-Councils transactions approvals in provided in progress proposed(including completed principle issued at atBorough and but transactions 31 Dec 2008 31 Dec 2008Town Councils) not yet completed
Carlow 0 4 0 18 0Cavan 2 3 0 0 0Clare 1 7 25 0 54
Cork County 10 13 57 224 40Cork City 0 21 0 155 0Cork Total 10 34 57 379 40
Donegal 15 22 14 24 5
D/Laoghaire-Rathdown 0 0 0 11 56Fingal 0 495 76 47 25South Dublin 0 0 0 0 0Dublin City 56 234 183 146 201Dublin Total 56 729 259 204 282
Galway County 2 2 13 13 0Galway City 0 2 12 18 0Galway Total 2 4 25 31 0
Kerry 5 8 38 5 20Kildare 14 61 0 16 33Kilkenny 6 0 6 4 0Laois 5 17 52 8 0Leitrim 1 4 0 0 0
Limerick County 4 12 0 0 10Limerick City 0 8 18 0 0Limerick Total 4 20 18 0 10
Longford 0 0 0 0 0Louth 0 0 72 41 33Mayo 0 0 11 29 0Meath 6 44 18 0 0Monaghan 1 4 1 0 0North Tipperary 0 10 0 36 0Offaly 1 0 22 0 0Roscommon 1 0 0 0 0Sligo 4 6 0 2 0South Tipperary 2 4 0 0 0
Waterford County 0 0 8 25 0Waterford City 3 8 0 0 0Waterford Total 3 8 8 25 0
Westmeath 0 0 19 26 6Wexford 0 2 51 0 0Wicklow 0 0 60 28 78TOTALS 139 991 756 876 561
Note:- The figures for Affordable Housing exclude Part V, Planning and Development Acts 2000 - 2007.
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MORTGAGe ALLOWANCe SCHeMe - 2008
Number of Of which, No. of No. of final approvals No. of applications
County Councils houses surrendered houses surrendered issued but houses received
(incl. Borough & for affordable not yet surendered
Town Councils) Schemes
Carlow 0 0 3 1
Cavan 6 0 0 6
Clare 8 0 0 11
Cork County 28 7 0 29
Cork City 9 9 0 9
Cork Total 37 16 0 9
Donegal 6 3 3 9
D/Laoghaire-Rathdown 1 0 0 0
Fingal 2 0 2 3
South Dublin 4 0 4 5
Dublin City 18 7 0 26
Dublin Total 24 7 6 34
Galway County 8 0 8 12
Galway City 4 3 0 4
Galway Total 12 3 8 16
Kerry 9 0 0 12
Kildare 5 2 0 7
Kilkenny 4 1 4 4
Laois 10 6 0 10
Leitrim 0 0 1 2
Limerick County 11 1 11 11
Limerick City 12 4 9 10
Limerick Total 23 5 20 21
Longford 4 3 0 4
Louth 0 5 0 5
Mayo 16 5 7 10
Meath 7 2 2 14
Monaghan 2 0 0 2
North Tipperary 0 1 5 3
Offaly 6 4 6 6
Roscommon 3 0 0 4
Sligo 12 4 7 14
South Tipperary 8 3 1 11
Waterford County 1 0 2 3
Waterford City 7 4 0 7
Waterford Total 8 4 2 10
Westmeath 32 0 0 3
Wexford 21 4 0 24
Wicklow 3 0 0 2
TOTALS 267 78 75 283
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SALe OF LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSeS
County Sales completed Sales Sales ApplicationsCouncils (incl. completed approved* receivedBorough andTown Councils) 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Carlow 34 18 31 39 18 2 28 30
Cavan 30 33 43 39 25 18 51 41
Clare 32 44 32 25 23 12 24 28
Cork 63 64 73 69 45 27 58 59
Donegal 42 48 60 126 64 53 136 172
D/L.-Rathdown 30 40 51 43 12 4 48 35
Fingal 34 34 44 44 17 8 26 40
Galway 67 76 65 52 59 36 53 66
Kerry 115 115 106 90 71 35 82 118
Kildare 30 29 30 23 42 8 2 35
Kilkenny 72 51 57 43 35 10 33 34
Laois 22 25 32 30 27 8 14 23
Leitrim 13 10 25 28 14 7 31 38
Limerick 36 44 52 38 33 24 38 62
Longford 12 35 26 33 33 19 31 27
Louth 43 51 53 83 56 11 28 64
Mayo 107 85 94 98 61 44 95 112
Meath 37 34 38 39 22 9 23 45
Monaghan 16 31 26 38 9 15 7 20
North Tipperary 32 28 33 42 26 21 45 21
Offaly 26 24 42 57 34 9 32 47
Roscommon 16 19 28 29 20 7 27 30
Sligo 22 26 15 25 13 16 30 30
South Dublin 93 110 109 107 93 45 65 79
South Tipperary 69 44 39 52 28 13 18 81
Waterford 21 34 36 30 8 6 20 26
Westmeath 4 6 34 40 15 9 34 40
Wexford 103 109 98 61 76 43 120 113
Wicklow 50 75 38 70 36 4 40 44
City Councils
Cork 56 70 82 66 35 13 21 23
Dublin 135 161 171 223 134 35 61 101
Galway 38 15 11 20 12 3 32 34
Limerick 13 29 24 20 13 14 25 18
Waterford 54 35 40 33 22 8 38 49
TOTALS 1,567 1,652 1,738 1,855 1,231 596 1,416 1,785
Note:- * i.e. Letter issued by housing authority to tenant offering sale of dwelling.
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LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING OUTPUT NeW BUILD AND ACQUISITIONS BY AReA
County Councils Completions Acquisitions **Completed *Acquired **Commenced In
(including progress
Borough & at
Town Councils) 2004 2005 2006 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 31 Dec 08
Carlow 54 48 16 181 16 40 13 49 27 12 25 7
Cavan 196 57 117 20 4 0 22 1 107 15 99 184
Clare 19 112 96 78 53 37 18 38 203 23 182 183
Cork 168 167 90 294 113 114 65 81 273 54 357 554
Donegal 164 306 215 300 13 29 53 10 175 49 91 198
D/L.-Rathdown 50 15 33 122 1 1 1 1 17 4 109 246
Fingal 175 95 143 194 0 7 4 6 142 13 9 164
Galway 93 129 79 191 26 25 50 49 76 15 43 95
Kerry 106 215 218 177 55 58 82 51 161 7 6 117
Kildare 104 170 172 209 11 15 14 68 350 24 202 129
Kilkenny 51 62 62 82 40 23 61 53 160 13 11 18
Laois 203 162 51 226 21 30 27 16 147 2 164 131
Leitrim 80 20 47 4 2 3 1 0 47 0 30 31
Limerick 53 89 107 90 15 17 16 35 64 11 51 89
Longford 41 122 61 92 27 51 51 60 60 34 82 168
Louth 126 137 127 170 44 27 79 85 260 30 104 119
Mayo 97 134 70 148 2 4 7 7 83 8 0 34
Meath 99 183 82 228 1 7 0 35 125 1 101 41
Monaghan 56 47 151 78 5 1 5 26 40 30 14 23
North Tipperary 131 69 67 44 10 8 22 26 37 30 18 34
Offaly 29 82 54 67 11 24 14 30 137 25 126 132
Roscommon 22 46 195 68 5 12 10 5 104 10 61 38
Sligo 127 65 74 102 33 28 31 49 63 21 66 82
South Dublin 244 261 428 239 20 9 20 153 246 10 0 238
South Tipperary 78 136 39 125 10 3 3 13 120 10 35 113
Waterford 54 25 108 57 19 38 42 30 79 2 14 62
Westmeath 113 27 37 72 25 25 20 34 95 14 18 47
Wexford 185 128 127 264 21 19 24 39 216 65 132 105
Wicklow 88 163 126 143 5 8 15 23 203 37 10 211
City Councils
Cork # 172 168 187 159 109 95 103 276 141 62 0 274
Dublin # 278 583 436 577 219 116 194 326 618 85 166 627
Galway 25 52 70 40 9 2 28 136 57 21 5 57
Limerick 32 62 19 46 26 25 28 118 40 47 40 25
Waterford 26 72 64 99 0 17 30 73 232 3 121 151
TOTALS 3,539 4,209 3,968 4,986 971 918 1,153 2,002 4,905 787 2,492 4,727
Notes:- # includes new build under regeneration projects for 2002 to 2008.
* acquisitions by local authorities of second-hand houses.
** includes units acquired under Part V, Planning and Development Acts 2000-2007 for local authority rental
purposes.
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LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING OUTPUT NeW BUILD AND ACQUISITIONS 2008
Breakdown by County Council, City Council, Borough Council and Town Council
County TownCouncils **Completed *Acquired **Commenced Councils **Completed *Acquired **Commenced(only)
Carlow 25 3 25 Arklow 0 8 0Cavan 107 6 99 Athlone 11 9 11Clare 91 18 144 Athy 2 0 64Cork(North) 44 8 160 Ballina 6 1 0Cork(South) 162 10 163 Ballinasloe 9 0 9Cork(West) 38 2 26 Birr 24 4 13Donegal 175 25 81 Bray 25 10 5D/L.-Rathdown 17 4 109 Buncrana 0 12 0Fingal 142 13 9 Bundoran 0 0 0Galway 67 15 34 Carlow 2 9 0Kerry 77 0 5 Carrickmacross 0 5 0Kildare 348 24 138 Carrick-on -Suir 13 1 9Kilkenny 133 12 0 Cashel 3 0 15Laois 147 2 164 Castlebar 0 1 0Leitrim 47 0 30 Castleblayney 0 6 0Limerick 64 11 51 Cavan 0 9 0Longford 60 26 82 Clonakilty 0 1 0Louth 100 0 35 Clones 12 7 7Mayo 77 6 0 Cobh 0 5 0Meath 125 1 101 Dundalk 7 30 69Monaghan 25 11 7 Dungarvan 18 1 4North Tipperary 13 24 7 Ennis 81 0 26Offaly 19 20 15 Enniscorthy 0 13 0Roscommon 104 10 61 Fermoy 1 5 1Sligo 52 2 61 Kells 0 0 0South Dublin 246 10 0 Killarney 0 0 0South Tipperary 102 8 9 Kilrush 31 5 12Waterford 61 1 10 Kinsale 0 2 0Westmeath 84 5 7 Letterkenny 0 12 10Wexford 134 14 105 Listowel 9 4 1Wicklow 176 7 3 Longford 0 8 0Total (1) 3,062 298 1,741 Macroom 0 6 0
Mallow 0 4 7City Midleton 0 4 0Councils Monaghan 3 1 0Cork 141 62 0 Naas 0 0 0Dublin 618 85 166 Navan 0 0 0Galway 57 21 5 Nenagh 14 0 4Limerick 40 47 40 New Ross 69 18 19Waterford 232 3 121 Skibbereen 3 3 0Total (2) 1,088 218 332 Templemore 3 0 0
Thurles 7 6 7Borough Tipperary 0 0 0Councils Tralee 75 3 0Clonmel 2 1 2 Trim 0 0 0Drogheda 153 0 0 Tullamore 94 1 98Kilkenny 27 1 11 Westport 0 0 0Sligo 11 19 5 Wicklow 2 12 2Wexford 13 20 8 Youghal 25 4 0Total (3) 206 41 26 Total (4) 549 230 393
TOTAL (1+2+3+4) 4,905 787 2,492
Notes: * acquisitions by local authorities of second-hand houses.** includes units acquired under Part V, Planning and Development Acts 2000-2007 for local authority rental
purposes.In 2008 a further 1,600 new units have been acquired on long-term lease under the Rental Accommodation Scheme.
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County Improvement works in lieu of re-housing extensions to Local Authority Houses
Councils
(incl. Borough No of houses:- No of extensions:-
and Town completed in progress commenced approved completed in progress commenced approved
Councils) in 2008 at at but not in 2008 at at but not
31 Dec 08 31 Dec 08 commenced 31 Dec 08 31 Dec 08 commenced
Carlow 3 1 1 0 7 0 2 6
Cavan 7 0 7 0 5 1 4 0
Clare 5 1 4 0 3 3 3 4
Cork 10 0 0 4 6 3 8 17
Donegal 3 13 8 3 8 1 2 2
D/L.-Rathdown 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 2
Fingal 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 16
Galway 12 3 2 5 13 1 8 3
Kerry 2 2 3 1 7 2 6 5
Kildare 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 0
Kilkenny 0 0 0 0 4 4 3 1
Laois 2 1 2 1 9 8 14 4
Leitrim 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 3
Limerick 5 2 3 3 0 0 0 2
Longford 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2
Louth 0 0 0 1 6 1 7 3
Mayo 5 1 3 3 6 1 3 2
Meath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Monaghan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
North Tipperary 0 0 0 1 13 11 16 6
Offaly 2 2 2 2 3 2 4 8
Roscommon 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
Sligo 7 7 7 4 10 0 4 3
South Dublin 0 1 1 0 3 0 3 2
South Tipperary 1 2 3 0 11 3 13 6
Waterford 1 0 0 1 7 3 9 1
Westmeath 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 0
Wexford 6 4 6 4 9 2 10 6
Wicklow 0 0 0 0 3 2 6 3
City Councils
Cork 0 1 1 0 27 40 28 14
Dublin 1 0 0 0 64 46 96 36
Galway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Limerick 6 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
Waterford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 82 50 61 35 250 146 263 160
IMPROVeMeNT WORKS IN LIeU OF Re-HOUSING AND eXTeNSIONS TOLOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSeS
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LOCAL AUTHORITY CASUAL VACANCIeS 2008Breakdown by County Council, City Council, Borough Council and Town Council.
County Councils only Town Councils
Carlow 20 Arklow 11
Cavan 71 Athlone 27
Clare 57 Athy 3
Cork (North) 90 Ballina 8
Cork (South) 58 Ballinasloe 22
Cork (West) 33 Birr 1
Donegal 103 Bray 23
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown 81 Buncrana 13
Fingal 173 Bundoran 2
Galway 65 Carlow 18
Kerry 73 Carrickmacross 5
Kildare 110 Carrick-on -Suir 15
Kilkenny 50 Cashel 10
Laois 70 Castlebar 6
Leitrim 50 Castleblayney 6
Limerick 51 Cavan 62
Longford 106 Clonakilty 16
Louth 13 Clones 3
Mayo 51 Cobh 10
Meath 36 Dundalk 66
Monaghan 46 Dungarvan 22
North Tipperary 48 Ennis 39
Offaly 50 Enniscorthy 6
Roscommon 39 Fermoy 2
Sligo 30 Kells 73
South Dublin 208 Killarney 5
South Tipperary 146 Kilrush 13
Waterford 7 Kinsale 7
Westmeath 67 Letterkenny 17
Wexford 117 Listowel 8
Wicklow 51 Longford 28
Total (1) 2,170 Macroom 7
Mallow 29
City Midleton 7
Councils Monaghan 13
Cork 110 Naas 7
Dublin 556 Navan 96
Galway 46 Nenagh 3
Limerick 61 New Ross 5
Waterford 200 Skibbereen 6
Total (2) 973 Templemore 6
Thurles 9
Borough Tipperary 27
Councils Tralee 37
Clonmel 10 Trim 9
Drogheda 197 Tullamore 106
Kilkenny 12 Westport 11
Sligo 31 Wicklow 7
Wexford 14 Youghal 3
Total (3) 264 Total (4) 935
TOTAL (1+2+3+4) 4,342
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NUMBeR OF LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSeS LeT AT 31 DeCeMBeR
Year Authority Rented Dwellings
2004 County Councils 51,025
City Councils 39,410
Town Councils 18,061
TOTAL 108,496
2005 County Councils 52,420
City Councils 39,115
Town Councils 18,244
TOTAL 109,779
2006 County Councils 53,960
City Councils 39,055
Town Councils 18,335
TOTAL 111,350
2007 County Councils 56,419
City Councils 38,946
Town Councils 18,768
TOTAL 114,133
2008 County Councils 59,372
City Councils 39,810
Town Councils 19,214
TOTAL 118,396
The figures for Town Councils include Borough Councils.
Average weekly rent of all dwellings -
2003 € 32.10
2004 € 35.75
2005 € 43.28
2006 € 42.14
2007 € 46.22
2008 €46.85
Note:- Breakdown for each local authority is available on the Department's website at www.environ.ie
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VOLUNTARY AND CO-OPeRATIVe HOUSING OUTPUT BY AReA IN 2008
Capital Loan and Subsidy Scheme* Capital Assistance Scheme
County No. of houses:- No. of houses:-Councils completed or in progress commenced completed or in progress commenced(including acquired at at acquired at atBorough and 31 Dec 2008 31 Dec 2008 31 Dec 2008 31 Dec 2008Town Councils)
Carlow 0 0 0 66 28 84Cavan 0 34 0 0 0 0Clare 0 0 0 4 54 44
Cork County 110 108 37 50 122 56Cork City 50 28 25 0 64 6Cork Total 160 136 62 50 186 62
Donegal 29 0 0 101 80 7
Dun L-Rathdown 89 83 187 93 2 93Fingal 115 178 218 68 16 14South Dublin 126 94 145 0 246 185Dublin City 59 275 235 110 208 58Dublin Total 389 630 785 271 472 350
Galway County 0 0 0 5 5 0Galway City 22 8 15 27 34 21Galway Total 22 8 15 32 39 21
Kerry 34 20 25 26 68 19Kildare 56 46 1 7 18 7Kilkenny 0 0 0 34 16 12Laois 82 56 0 10 4 0Leitrim 0 0 0 0 0 0
Limerick County 0 7 7 16 40 40Limerick City 0 0 0 28 4 4Limerick Total 0 7 7 44 44 44
Longford 0 73 0 7 26 6Louth 59 154 97 47 0 22Mayo 0 0 0 52 34 19Meath 0 0 0 22 55 41Monaghan 0 0 0 41 0 9North Tipperary 31 138 62 0 35 35Offaly 46 0 0 0 59 0Roscommon 0 0 0 8 18 8Sligo 0 0 0 0 8 8South Tipperary 40 0 0 11 11 18
Waterford County 18 0 0 30 15 15Waterford City 8 9 18 10 112 0Waterford Total 26 9 18 40 127 15
Westmeath 0 0 0 12 0 0Wexford 0 8 8 20 20 20Wicklow 8 0 0 9 17 17TOTALS 982 1,319 1,080 914 1,419 868
Note:- * formerly known as Rental Subsidy scheme.includes units acquired under Part V, Planning and Development Acts 2000-2007 for rentalpurposes.
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ReNTAL ACCOMMODATION SCHeMe (RAS)Cumulative number of cases transferred through RAS up to end December 2008
County Councils No. of voluntary No of Private Total No of No of cases Total No of
(including Borough & co-operative cases transferred cases transferred transferred cases
and Town Councils) housing cases from SWA from SWA from SWA transferred
transferred from Rent Supplement Rent Supplement Rent Supplement from SWA
SWA* Rent to RAS to RAS to other Rent Supplement
Supplement (includes RAS social housing
to RAS acquisitions) options
Carlow 49 110 159 115 274
Cavan 60 40 100 113 213
Clare 59 168 227 141 368
Cork North 68 87 155 132 287
Cork South 187 195 382 337 719
Cork West 67 10 77 55 132
Donegal 104 63 167 971 1,138
D/L-Rathdown 81 231 312 198 510
Fingal 0 269 269 305 574
Galway 139 75 214 162 376
Kerry 38 298 336 369 705
Kildare 89 142 231 401 632
Kilkenny 261 110 371 243 614
Laois 71 47 118 134 252
Leitrim 6 1 7 45 52
Limerick 166 66 232 133 365
Longford 0 207 207 46 253
Louth 38 130 168 457 625
Mayo 250 211 461 156 617
Meath 43 24 67 123 190
Monaghan 96 19 115 132 247
North Tipperary 28 140 168 98 266
Offaly 23 96 119 99 218
Roscommon 60 130 190 153 343
Sligo 115 76 191 130 321
South Dublin 49 562 611 602 1,213
South Tipperary 71 152 223 278 501
Waterford 12 51 63 124 187
Westmeath 13 167 180 115 295
Wexford 82 88 170 601 771
Wicklow 23 132 155 180 335
City Councils
Cork 209 222 431 556 987
Dublin 508 878 1,386 435 1,821
Galway 165 383 548 179 727
Limerick 73 240 313 86 399
Waterford 176 102 278 206 484
TOTALS 3,479 5,922 9,401 8,610 18,011
The first transfers under Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) commenced in Quarter 4 2005.
* Supplementary Welfare Allowance.
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Section 9: Disabled Persons & Essential Repairs/Housing Adaptation Grants Paid
DISABLeD PeRSONS GRANTS AND eSSeNTIAL RePAIRS GRANTS PAIDBY LOCAL AUTHORITIeS IN 2008
County Councils Disabled Persons Grant essential Repairs Grant(including Borough andTown Councils) Number of Value of Number of Value of
Payments Payments/€000 Payments Payments/€000
Carlow 101 709 268 685
Cavan 74 653 175 731
Clare 149 1,273 42 214
Cork 301 2,267 411 1,982
Donegal 256 1,329 582 1,771
Dun L-Rathdown 145 939 15 71
Fingal 83 558 5 28
Galway 269 989 239 872
Kerry 286 1,484 299 1,055
Kildare 164 1,125 147 631
Kilkenny 44 366 30 97
Laois 111 962 109 514
Leitrim 118 623 205 609
Limerick 163 685 97 406
Longford 97 493 58 226
Louth 205 1,711 43 159
Mayo 319 778 278 7,971
Meath 325 2,322 282 29,339
Monaghan 83 783 71 329
North Tipperary 173 1,042 58 378
Offaly 107 965 16 29
Roscommon 142 847 244 893
Sligo 96 331 55 159
South Dublin 284 1,986 146 516
South Tipperary 147 705 21 100
Waterford 32 210 33 135
Westmeath 90 709 98 314
Wexford 94 688 85 412
Wicklow 89 935 46 226
City Councils
Cork 168 907 0 0
Dublin 1238 7,255 254 812
Galway 76 573 30 124
Limerick 65 442 0 0
Waterford 25 237 1 6
TOTALS 6,119 37,881 4,443 51,794
Note:- Three new schemes - 'Housing Adaptation Grant for people with a disability', 'Mobility Aid
Housing Grant' and 'Housing Aid for Older People' replaced Disabled Persons and Essential
Repairs Grants on 1 November 2007.
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HOUSING ADAPTATION GRANTS PAID BY LOCAL AUTHORITIeS IN 2008
County Councils Housing Adaptation Grant Housing Adaptation Mobility Aid Grant
(including for Persons with a Grant for Older
Borough and Disability Persons
Town Councils)
Number of Value of Number of Value of Number of Value of
payments payments/€000 payments payments/€000 payments payments/€000
Carlow 3 39 78 305 6 25
Cavan 18 273 14 78 1 3
Clare 28 273 66 317 15 37
Cork 61 735 207 1,044 45 170
Donegal 26 144 159 477 20 59
Dun L.-Rathdown 64 535 28 145 8 24
Fingal 45 396 63 312 12 37
Galway 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kerry 3 19 27 112 12 38
Kildare 9 60 0 0 2 7
Kilkenny 2 48 30 157 1 2
Laois 16 249 23 115 11 35
Leitrim 11 76 38 171 7 18
Limerick 8 46 16 107 18 101
Longford 6 42 57 215 19 61
Louth 4 36 29 124 3 10
Mayo 7 63 72 330 61 181
Meath 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monaghan 25 314 20 119 5 21
North Tipperary 8 48 11 71 20 81
Offaly 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roscommon 1 5 8 48 4 12
Sligo 25 138 48 211 8 26
South Dublin 27 212 36 148 7 27
South Tipperary 24 373 5 25 37 156
Waterford 82 855 93 469 6 27
Westmeath 20 278 38 169 3 11
Wexford 28 374 27 161 29 100
Wicklow 8 164 18 84 17 68
City Councils
Cork 54 394 59 221 12 24
Dublin 132 946 105 383 8 32
Galway 20 227 0 0 12 28
Limerick 23 264 16 65 6 21
Waterford 0 0 48 238 0 0
TOTALS 788 7,626 1,439 6,421 415 1,442
Note:- These new schemes above replaced Disabled Persons and Essential Repairs Grants on 1 November
2007.
Section 9: Disabled Persons & Essential Repairs Grants Paid
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Section 10: Private Rented HousingeNFORCeMeNT OF ReQUIReMeNTS FOR STANDARDS &
ReNT BOOKS IN 2008
Standards Rent Books
County Dwellings Inspections Dwellings Dwellings Legal Dwellings Notices Legal
Councils Inspected carried out Inspected where notices action inspected served action
(including not meeting were served on initiated where no initiated
Borough and regulatory landlords for Rent Books
Town Councils) requirements improvements to be
carried out
Carlow 166 190 30 30 0 8 8 0
Cavan 619 642 17 0 0 0 0 0
Clare 134 197 90 28 0 258 0 0
Cork 800 801 49 1 0 284 0 0
Donegal 438 438 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dun L.-Rathdown 706 746 259 110 0 145 0 0
Fingal 347 376 29 29 0 109 109 0
Galway 181 181 53 53 0 6 6 0
Kerry 428 428 33 0 0 162 27 0
Kildare 301 301 2 2 0 0 5 1
Kilkenny 60 63 6 6 0 0 0 0
Laois 101 101 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leitrim 205 205 0 0 0 0 0 0
Limerick 178 188 1 0 0 0 0 0
Longford 239 462 60 2 0 0 0 0
Louth 125 128 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mayo 608 619 1 1 0 0 0 0
Meath 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monaghan 871 877 164 0 0 53 0 0
North Tipperary 323 331 49 32 0 22 22 0
Offaly 78 89 10 10 0 0 0 0
Roscommon 170 229 138 138 0 0 0 0
Sligo 59 59 23 0 0 0 0 0
South Dublin 738 808 70 0 0 0 0 0
South Tipperary 1,142 1,144 69 1 0 0 0 0
Waterford 380 380 2 2 0 60 0 0
Westmeath 143 160 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wexford 851 851 16 6 0 0 0 0
Wicklow 296 295 7 7 0 0 0 0
City Councils
Cork 598 775 298 298 0 8 0 0
Dublin 2,822 4,303 1,266 1,271 8 1,597 11 0
Galway 235 235 20 13 0 0 0 0
Limerick 452 498 92 92 0 0 0 0
Waterford 73 73 0 0 0 60 0 0
TOTALS 14,880 17,186 2,854 2,132 8 2,772 188 1
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PRIVATe ReNTeD HOUSING ReGISTRATIONS
Section 10: Private Rented Housing
County Councils (including Borough * Number of Registrations at
and Town Councils) 31 December 2008
Carlow 2,490
Cavan 1,411
Clare 3,139
Cork 12,439
Donegal 2,511
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown 10,223
Fingal 13,580
Galway 5,696
Kerry 5,281
Kildare 7,367
Kilkenny 2,374
Laois 1,778
Leitrim 1,074
Limerick 4,201
Longford 1,757
Louth 3,430
Mayo 3,391
Meath 3,951
Monaghan 829
North Tipperary 1,583
Offaly 1,660
Roscommon 1,556
Sligo 4,120
South Dublin 10,990
South Tipperary 2,615
Waterford 2,027
Westmeath 3,904
Wexford 4,752
Wicklow 4,614
City Councils
Cork 11,188
Dublin 49,316
Galway 9,430
Limerick 5,327
Waterford 3,076
TOTAL 203,080
Source: The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB)
* These represent the actual number of registrations as at 31st December 2008, that are still active on 31st May
2009, excluding all tenancies that were due to start after 1st Janurary 2009.
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* From CSO "National Accounts".
** From DKM - DEHLG "Review of the Construction Industry 2007 and Outlook 2008-2010".
(r) Revised
(p) Provisional
PUBLIC CAPITAL eXPeNDITURe ON HOUSING MAIN CONSTITUeNTS
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
€M €M €M €M €M €M
Local Authority Housing 887.8 912.8 1081.9 1142.3 1292.3 1453.95
Voluntary & Co-operative Housing 212.6 185.1 168.7 185.5 275.7 399.1
Shared Ownership 140.1 127.8 129.1 100.4 136.7 74.8
House Purchase and Improvement Loans etc. 83.7 74.7 38.1 42.2 41.0 25.2
Private Housing Grants 93.2 60.3 39.5 40.9 67.3 81.3
Affordable Housing (including Part V) 150.7 122.8 124.8 137.7 202.4 263.4
Other Housing 15.9 19.0 20.7 25.6 5.5 5.4
TOTALS 1,584.0 1,502.5 1,602.8 1,674.6 2,020.9 2,303.2
Section 11: Capital Investment in Housing
CAPITAL FORMATION IN HOUSING (excluding site costs)
(r) 2003 (r) 2004 (r) 2005 (r) 2006 (r) 2007 (p) 2008
€M €M €M €M €M €M
Gross National Product at market prices * 118,039 126,219 137,188 152,529 161,244 154,596
Gross Domestic fixed capital formation * 31,338 36,435 43,220 47,628 49,429 39,474
Capital formation in housing ** 11,704 14,612 17,654 19,500 17,770 9,076
Capital formation in housing as a percentage
of gross domestic fixed capital formation 37% 40% 41% 41% 36% 23%
Capital formation in housing as a
percentage of gross national product 10% 12% 13% 13% 11% 6%
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HOUSING NeeDS ASSeSSMeNT 2008
DeTAILeD ReSULTS
Every three years, in accordance with Section 9 of the Housing Act 1988, housing
authorities are required to undertake an assessment of housing need in their
functional areas. The last such assessment took place in March 2008. In December
2008 preliminary results for the assessment were released. The following detailed
results are now being published.
Background
In December 2007 housing authorities were directed by the Department of the
Environment, Heritage and Local Government (DEHLG) to carry out an assessment
of need existing at 31 March 2008. Detailed guidance was issued by the Department
to assist authorities in carrying out the assessment and in order to insure as much
consistency as possible across all authorities.
Authorities were asked to pay particular attention to the needs of older people and
those with a disability as these groups were felt to be under represented, for various
reasons, in the 2005 assessment. Authorities were instructed to be especially
vigilant in ensuring that applicants be placed in the most appropriate category of
need and that voluntary groups be contacted at an early stage to provide assistance
in the matter.
Net Housing Need
The object of the assessment is to identify the number of households in need of
social housing and to provide a breakdown of the composition of that need. The
key figure coming out of the assessment is the ‘net need’ figure which is a measure
of the number of households that cannot be accommodated through the existing
stock available to housing authorities. This figure underlines the main purpose of
carrying out a housing needs assessment – to enable the Department and housing
authorities to plan their housing supply programmes so that these needs can be
met. Therefore the net need figure is a measure of the number of households in
need of housing support who are not currently receiving social housing support (i.e.
those that have applied to move from other local authority, voluntary/co-operative
or RAS accommodation to local authority accommodation).
The net need figure for 2008 shows that 56,249 households were in need of social
housing support at 31 March 2008. This is an increase of some 31% on the level of
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need in 2005. Looking closer at the increase in the level of need since 2005, the
greatest increase in need has occurred in the ‘young persons leaving institutional
care’ category (179% increase), ‘medical/compassionate’ category (130% increase),
and ‘people with a disability category’ (154% increase). The significant increases
seen in these three categories are likely a reflection, albeit in part, of the emphasis
DEHLG placed getting a more accurate figure for the number of older persons and
persons with a disability in need of social housing support.
Table 1 – Net Housing Need
The breakdown of the categories of need show that the majority of households in
need of support require it for income reasons (see Table 2). About 53% of
households are unable to meet the cost of accommodation. This is a slight reduction
on the 2005 level where 58% of households in need of support were categorised as
being unable to meet the cost of accommodation.
Category of Need 200510 2008 Change %
Homeless 1,987 1,394 -593 -29.9%
Traveller 1,004 1,317 313 31.2%
Existing accommodation unfit 1,719 1,757 38 2.2%
Existing accommodation overcrowded 4,073 4,805 732 18%
Involuntary sharing 3,371 4,965 1,594 47.3%
Young Persons Leaving institutional care 256 715 459 179.3%
Medical or compassion reasons 3,504 8,059 4,555 130%
Older Persons 1,658 2,499 841 50.7%
People with a Disability 455 1,155 700 153.9%
Not able to meet the cost of accommodation 24,919 29,583 4,664 18.7%
Total 42,946 56,249 13,303 31%
10 These figures are different from the figures reported in the 2005 Housing Needs Assessment as an
adjustment was made to the 2005 figures for comparison purposes with the 2008 results.
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Table 2 - Category of Need as a Percentage of Net Need
Older people and people with disabilities account for 6% of the country’s net
housing need with homeless and traveller households accounting for a further 5%
of overall net need.
Household Composition
As well as net housing need and the categorisation of that housing need, the need
assessment carried out by housing authorities facilitates a more detailed
examination of the households in need of housing support including household
composition, nationality, age profile and income.
There is an ongoing concern for housing authorities as to the type of
accommodation they should be supplying to meet housing need and how supply
should be prioritised. Two of the key concerns in making decisions on supply relate
to the composition and age profile of households in need of support. Table 3
summarises the structure of households identified as being in need of social housing
support in the 2008 assessment. 46% of these households are single adult
households – a small increase in the number of single adult households in need of
housing support in 2005 (43%).
11 These figures are different from the figures reported in the 2005 Housing Needs Assessment as an
adjustment was made to the 2005 figures for comparison purposes with the 2008 results.
Category of Need 200511 % 2008 %
Homeless 1,987 4.5 1,394 3
Traveller 1,004 2 1,317 2
Existing accommodation unfit 1,719 4 1,757 3
Existing accommodation overcrowded 4,073 10 4,805 9
Involuntary sharing 3,371 8 4,965 9
Young Persons Leaving institutional care 256 0.5 715 1
Medical or compassion reasons 3,504 8 8,059 14
Older Persons 1,658 4 2,499 4
People with a Disability 455 1 1,155 2
Not able to meet the cost of accommodation 24,919 58 29,583 53
Total 42,946 100 56,249 100
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Table 3 - Household Structure
Local Authority extensions Scheme
In conjunction with household structure, Table 4 illustrates the age profile of those
seeking housing support showing a significant 39% of households under the age of
30. A further 28% of households in need of support are between the ages of 31 and
40. Taking these figures together, some 67% of the households in need of social
housing support are under the age of 40.
Table 4 - Age Profile of households seeking social housing support
Another feature of the 2008 figures is the impact of immigration on the increased
numbers. There has been a substantial increase in the numbers of non-Irish
nationals in need of social housing. EU nationals in need of housing now account
for some 12% of the over number of households in need of support, with Non-EU
Household Structure Households % Net Need
Single Persons 25,550 46
Family Households (1 & 2 adult households)
0 children 2,995 5
1 child 15,369 27
2 children 7,479 14
3 children 2,924 5
4 children 1,210 2
5+ children 722 1
Total 56,249 100
Age Range Households % Net Need
Under 18 16 0
18 – 25 12,178 22
26 – 30 9,900 17
31 – 40 15,799 28
41 – 50 9,438 17
51 – 60 5,449 10
61 – 70 2,361 4
71+ 1,108 2
Total 56,249 100
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nationals accounting for 11%. Non-Irish nationals now account for nearly one
quarter of households in need of housing (23%).
Table 5 - Citizenship Status of Households
As might be expected, the incomes of households in need of social housing support
are quite low though there has been some improvement in general income levels
since the 2005 assessment. The majority of households [73%] in need of housing
have incomes of less that €15,000 – this compares to 84% in 2005. Most of these
households have incomes of between €10,000 and €15,000 in the 2008 assessment as
opposed to the majority of households being on incomes less than €10,000 in 2005.
As can be seen from summary Table 6 some 86% of households seeking housing
support from local authorities are on incomes of less than €20,000 per annum.
Table 6 - Household Income Levels
Households % Total Need
Irish Citizen 43,112 77
EU Citizen 6,821 12
Non EU Citizen 6,316 11
Of which:
Refugee Status 1,085
Permission to Remain in State 5,214
Subsidiary Protection Status 17
Total 56,249 100
Income Band Households % Total Need
Below €10,000 15,841 28
€10,001 - €15,000 25,580 45
€15,001 - €20,000 7,194 13
€20,001 - €25,000 4,918 9
€25,001 - €30,000 1,697 3
Over €30,000 1,019 2
Total 56,249 100
Length of Time Waiting for Support to be allocated
The 2008 assessment shows a small increase in the waiting period for households
seeking social housing support, with 49% of households waiting for a period longer
than 2 years. Notwithstanding this, as can be seen from Table 7, the majority of
households having been waiting for social housing support for less than 2 years,
with 31% waiting for less than a year.
Table 7 - Time on Waiting List as a Percentage of Net Need
Detailed Result Tables
The detailed results of the 2008 assessment, by housing authority, are illustrated in
the following tables which provides an analysis of the composition of housing need.
Detailed tables included are:
• Comparison of Net Need 1991 – 2008
• Breakdown of Households by Category of Need
• Breakdown of Households by Current Tenure
• Length of Time Households have been Awaiting Housing Support
• Breakdown of Household Structure
• Breakdown of Households by Employment Status
• Breakdown of Households by Age
• Household Income Levels
• Breakdown of Households by Nationality
• Number of Non-EU National Households in Need of Housing Support.
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Length of Time No. Households (2008) % Net Need (2008) % Net Need (2005)
Less than 1 Year 17,686 31 40
Between 1 and 2 11,187 20 20
Between 2 and 3 11,017 20 15
Between 3 and 4 6,052 11 9
More than 4 years 10,307 18 15
Total 56,249 100 100
Local Authority Assessments of Social Housing Needs
COMPARISON WITH PReVIOUS ReTURN BY CATeGORY OF NeeD (NeT NeeD)
103
Category of Need 2002 2005 2008 Change
Homeless 2,468 2,399 1,394 -41.9%
Travellers 1,583 1,012 1,317 30.1%
Unfit accommodation 4,065 1,725 1,757 1.9%
Overcrowded accommodation 8,513 4,112 4,805 16.9%
Involuntary sharing 4,421 3,375 4,965 47.1%
Leaving institutional care 82 262 715 172.9%
Medical or compassionate reasons 3,400 3,547 8,059 127.2%
Elderly 2,006 1,727 2,499 44.7%
Disabled 423 480 1,155 140.6%
Not reasonably able to meet the
cost of accommodation 21,452 25,045 29,583 18.1%
Total 48,413 43,684 56,249 28.8%
COMPARISON OF NeT NeeD 1991 - 2008
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Net Need % Change
County 1991 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 in Net Need
Councils from 2005
to 2008
Carlow 221 293 209 322 333 278 323 16.2%
Cavan 211 297 313 494 666 346 390 12.7%
Clare 234 443 605 641 620 632 796 25.9%
Cork 352 1235 1382 1846 2101 1759 2186 24.3%
Donegal 1,279 1288 1140 1185 1565 1114 1763 58.3%
D/L-Rathdown - 1119 1209 1363 2118 2319 2461 6.1%
Fingal - 810 666 1274 1769 1975 1931 -2.2%
Galway 326 452 682 979 976 736 991 34.6%
Kerry 626 650 543 696 476 828 541 -34.7%
Kildare 575 798 850 1126 1421 1583 2392 51.1%
Kilkenny 243 299 231 329 354 473 879 85.8%
Laois 354 311 339 668 611 337 541 60.5%
Leitrim 324 329 233 255 305 281 295 5.0%
Limerick 304 478 390 867 676 609 959 57.5%
Longford 295 378 398 358 374 220 407 85.0%
Louth 128 162 142 266 240 327 570 74.3%
Mayo 540 667 300 734 749 772 760 -1.6%
Meath 462 655 334 589 678 606 1233 103.5%
Monaghan 185 242 320 348 195 155 132 -14.8%
North Tipperary 112 159 157 184 232 282 343 21.6%
Offaly 109 143 141 371 411 316 447 41.5%
Roscommon 181 264 204 362 519 467 553 18.4%
Sligo 169 181 434 436 556 403 438 8.7%
South Dublin - 809 702 2396 3817 1656 4259 157.2%
South Tipperary 268 317 334 404 571 450 338 -24.9%
Waterford 144 192 203 255 321 214 510 138.3%
Westmeath 221 341 291 352 420 408 581 42.4%
Wexford 619 641 543 699 992 903 1218 34.9%
Wicklow 317 485 590 837 616 585 948 62.1%
Total (1) 8,799 14,438 13,885 20,636 24,682 21,034 29,185 38.8%
City Councils
Cork 994 1,216 1,108 1,303 2,282 2,160 2,864 32.6%
Dublin 4,377 5,152 3,966 6,477 6,993 5,540 4,885 -11.8%
Galway 342 475 381 741 1,320 1,468 1,755 19.6%
Limerick 358 568 472 456 581 845 1,724 104.0%
Waterford 647 683 677 1,037 1,034 1,160 932 -19.7%
Total (2) 6,718 8,094 6,604 10,014 12,210 11,173 12,160 8.8%
Borough Councils
Clonmel 109 138 99 128 163 168 212 26.2%
Drogheda 252 323 243 407 387 511 683 33.7%
Kilkenny 236 171 177 277 167 140 19 -86.4%
Sligo 0 0 207 390 466 416 473 13.7%
Wexford 0 0 319 337 433 355 875 146.5%
Total (3) 597 632 1,045 1,539 1,616 1,590 2,262 42.3%
COMPARISON OF NeT NeeD 1991 - 2008
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Net Need % Change Town Councils 1991 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 in Net Need
from 2005to 2008
Arklow 129 162 187 192 242 238 384 61.3%
Athlone 78 194 213 240 171 206 531 157.8%
Athy 86 95 83 79 127 77 183 137.7%
Ballina 88 104 188 221 195 237 430 81.4%
Ballinasloe 110 123 112 69 250 148 115 -22.3%
Birr 60 68 56 73 126 92 124 34.8%
Bray 274 329 377 584 558 544 692 27.2%
Buncrana 70 52 76 70 103 166 150 -9.6%
Bundoran 17 20 50 35 73 59 91 54.2%
Carlow 163 221 185 221 260 380 571 50.3%
Carrickmacross 46 34 47 63 121 88 151 71.6%
Carrick-on-Suir 77 130 62 85 110 191 117 -38.7%
Cashel 25 35 31 51 60 84 81 -3.6%
Castlebar 62 88 93 115 365 153 170 11.1%
Castleblayney 33 50 65 22 117 114 104 -8.8%
Cavan 35 121 117 268 337 191 113 -40.8%
Clonakilty 26 44 71 76 111 43 68 58.1%
Clones 15 12 34 30 44 51 69 35.3%
Cobh 104 156 206 164 160 103 259 151.5%
Dundalk 260 296 268 316 737 651 807 24.0%
Dungarvan 163 207 160 155 211 193 348 80.3%
Ennis 198 218 223 201 404 387 601 55.3%
Enniscorthy 107 122 164 166 270 261 525 101.1%
Fermoy 71 120 89 54 119 91 237 160.4%
Kells 0 34 32 44 51 45 65 44.4%
Killarney 83 76 83 116 351 291 550 89.0%
Kilrush 46 19 122 87 64 62 53 -14.5%
Kinsale 55 82 86 88 103 64 106 65.6%
Letterkenny 89 135 211 276 475 610 515 -15.6%
Listowel 0 0 51 66 100 110 73 -33.6%
Longford 137 94 179 172 159 126 161 27.8%
Macroom 51 71 86 122 76 57 100 75.4%
Mallow 125 120 141 223 360 318 345 8.5%
Midleton 81 63 96 173 137 85 160 88.2%
Monaghan 82 56 89 179 167 196 234 19.4%
Naas 115 90 153 193 234 134 191 42.5%
Navan 0 36 90 92 80 84 115 36.9%
Nenagh 111 72 76 81 124 107 199 86.0%
New Ross 63 68 116 204 376 173 356 105.8%
Skibbereen 21 40 32 82 77 46 63 37.0%
Templemore 24 29 19 16 58 46 52 13.0%
Thurles 126 112 142 142 225 218 232 6.4%
Tipperary 61 91 88 67 88 64 68 6.3%
Tralee 198 211 287 361 512 930 946 1.7%
Trim 0 16 33 20 21 14 37 164.3%
Tullamore 174 127 114 151 182 235 596 153.6%
Westport 110 129 152 143 126 131 115 -12.2%
Wicklow 58 67 60 174 249 133 188 41.4%
Youghal 122 197 198 165 239 122 201 64.8%
Total (4) 4,229 5,036 5,893 6,987 9,905 9,149 12,642 38.2%
TOTAL (1+2+3+4) 20,343 28,200 27,427 39,176 48,413 42,946 56,249 31.0%
BReAKDOWN OF HOUSeHOLDS ON THe WAITING LIST BY CATeGORY OFNeeD (NeT NeeDS) - MARCH 2008
106
County Housing Homless Travellers Persons living Persons living Persons sharing
Councils Needs households in accommodation in overcrowed accommodation
(Number of that is unfit or accommodation involuntarily
Households) materially and having
unsuitable requirements
for separate
accommodation
Carlow 323 2 20 9 13 21
Cavan 390 0 0 23 14 44
Clare 796 2 11 52 47 55
Cork 2,186 11 35 42 84 64
Donegal 1,763 1 7 145 73 77
Dun L-Rathdown 2,461 116 36 1 320 0
Fingal 1,931 17 0 10 55 324
Galway 991 7 75 103 36 53
Kerry 541 4 34 27 4 29
Kildare 2,392 44 54 31 196 132
Kilkenny 879 8 22 7 25 35
Laois 541 0 5 11 20 8
Leitrim 295 0 22 12 10 26
Limerick 959 26 42 55 101 60
Longford 407 2 31 18 30 37
Louth 570 0 0 27 64 33
Mayo 760 4 48 29 42 26
Meath 1,233 6 55 318 216 129
Monaghan 132 4 0 26 16 20
North Tipperary 343 12 24 13 8 50
Offaly 447 7 5 27 36 6
Roscommon 553 0 20 8 18 9
Sligo 438 1 2 33 27 29
South Dublin 4,259 50 97 0 552 340
South Tipperary 338 0 9 8 22 8
Waterford 510 2 2 14 29 10
Westmeath 581 1 17 21 22 29
Wexford 1,218 6 59 69 38 177
Wicklow 948 14 37 48 189 121
Total (1) 29,185 347 769 1,187 2,307 1,952
City Councils
Cork 2,864 167 35 105 273 422
Dublin 4,885 526 82 0 934 1,069
Galway 1,755 35 106 11 58 66
Limerick 1,724 169 12 9 164 529
Waterford 932 4 15 0 33 30
Total (2) 12,160 901 250 125 1,462 2,116
Borough Councils
Clonmel 212 0 1 2 6 0
Drogheda 683 19 18 3 68 143
Kilkenny 19 0 0 0 1 0
Sligo 473 15 13 35 27 20
Wexford 875 2 0 5 12 17
Total (3) 2,262 36 32 45 114 180
Footnote: The categories of housing need are based on those set out in section 9(2) of the Housing Act,1998.
BReAKDOWN OF HOUSeHOLDS ON THe WAITING LIST BY CATeGORY OFNeeD (NeT NeeDS) - MARCH 2008
107
Town Housing Homless Travellers Persons living Persons living Persons sharingCouncils Needs households in accommodation in overcrowed accommodation
(Number of that is unfit or accommodation involuntarilyHouseholds) materially and having
unsuitable requirementsfor separate
accommodation
Arklow 384 1 2 4 31 14Athlone 531 1 13 29 42 37Athy 183 3 2 0 14 23Ballina 430 1 20 2 7 8Ballinasloe 115 0 5 0 18 3Birr 124 0 0 26 13 6Bray 692 24 5 10 137 44Buncrana 150 0 0 0 0 0Bundoran 91 1 1 11 7 13Carlow 571 3 7 1 10 1Carrickmacross 151 0 2 9 12 46Carrick-on-Suir 117 0 2 0 1 0Cashel 81 0 0 0 0 0Castlebar 170 0 2 0 11 5Castleblayney 104 0 1 24 11 23Cavan 113 0 0 1 3 5Clonakilty 68 0 1 3 5 1Clones 69 0 2 12 5 5Cobh 259 1 0 3 20 10Dundalk 807 23 29 4 235 157Dungarvan 348 2 8 50 16 22Ennis 601 3 31 7 17 21Enniscorthy 525 0 12 18 12 13Fermoy 237 1 1 10 15 14Kells 65 1 0 30 4 5Killarney 550 6 15 3 7 64Kilrush 53 1 0 5 6 10Kinsale 106 0 0 1 10 2Letterkenny 515 0 0 4 9 8Listowel 73 1 6 1 0 1Longford 161 0 3 4 10 12Macroom 100 0 2 2 9 0Mallow 345 0 0 8 17 14Midleton 160 0 0 1 2 4Monaghan 234 8 12 24 22 40Naas 191 3 2 0 32 0Navan 115 1 2 25 16 13Nenagh 199 1 6 2 9 14New Ross 356 0 9 1 26 20Skibbereen 63 0 3 2 4 4Templemore 52 0 11 9 1 0Thurles 232 0 3 0 0 0Tipperary 68 0 5 0 4 0Tralee 946 9 4 2 51 9Trim 37 1 1 4 4 3Tullamore 596 11 31 44 19 4Westport 115 0 2 2 0 1Wicklow 188 2 3 2 15 8Youghal 201 1 0 0 3 10Total (4) 12,642 110 266 400 922 717
TOTAL (1+2+3+4) 56,249 1,394 1,317 1,757 4,805 4,965
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County Young person Person in need Older People with Persons not reasonably
Councils leaving of accommodation People disabilities able to meet the cost of
institutional for medical or the accommodation they
care or without compassionate are occupying or to
family grounds obtain suitable
accommodation alternative
accommodation
Carlow 8 42 19 1 188
Cavan 1 40 15 6 247
Clare 0 186 84 17 342
Cork(North) 61 352 115 32 1,390
Donegal 36 675 117 22 610
Dun L-Rathdown 1 444 105 40 1,398
Fingal 7 295 70 30 1,123
Galway 0 111 89 48 469
Kerry 1 106 46 5 285
Kildare 0 47 53 128 1,707
Kilkenny 3 101 28 7 643
Laois 0 20 12 1 464
Leitrim 0 55 41 3 126
Limerick 4 144 24 48 455
Longford 36 125 30 12 86
Louth 2 51 31 208 154
Mayo 46 234 47 12 272
Meath 3 180 23 25 278
Monaghan 1 47 5 1 12
North Tipperary 0 51 10 2 173
Offaly 11 8 7 1 339
Roscommon 18 134 20 22 304
Sligo 17 104 14 124 87
South Dublin 2 52 5 8 3,153
South Tipperary 0 123 10 1 157
Waterford 19 20 56 22 336
Westmeath 2 41 36 2 410
Wexford 0 132 63 22 652
Wicklow 60 122 19 17 321
Total (1) 339 4,042 1,194 867 16,181
City Councils
Cork 0 1,198 83 13 568
Dublin 1 159 389 15 1,710
Galway 0 155 40 14 1,270
Limerick 0 29 114 9 689
Waterford 0 72 51 7 720
Total (2) 1 1,613 677 58 4,957
Borough Councils
Clonmel 4 45 2 0 152
Drogheda 1 87 30 5 309
Kilkenny 0 5 3 0 10
Sligo 3 143 8 64 145
Wexford 1 20 93 6 719
Total (3) 9 300 136 75 1,335
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Town Young person Person in need Older People with Persons not reasonably
Councils leaving of accommodation People disabilities able to meet the cost of
institutional for medical or the accommodation they
care or without compassionate are occupying or to
family grounds obtain suitable
accommodation alternative
accommodation
Arklow 0 9 8 2 313Athlone 0 104 17 0 288Athy 4 3 6 0 128Ballina 17 23 14 19 319Ballinasloe 0 23 5 4 57Birr 0 16 4 5 54Bray 0 98 13 6 355Buncrana 0 128 7 2 13Bundoran 17 25 4 1 11Carlow 1 18 2 0 528Carrickmacross 1 12 4 13 52Carrick-on-Suir 0 25 2 0 87Cashel 0 15 1 16 49Castlebar 0 43 4 1 104Castleblayney 0 33 1 1 10Cavan 0 5 2 0 97Clonakilty 8 7 2 0 41Clones 0 13 5 9 18Cobh 1 60 9 0 155Dundalk 0 57 45 9 248Dungarvan 48 11 28 4 159Ennis 8 121 10 0 383Enniscorthy 123 24 30 22 271Fermoy 1 36 7 0 152Kells 0 7 1 1 16Killarney 0 103 34 0 318Kilrush 1 5 4 3 18Kinsale 2 20 22 1 48Letterkenny 84 344 20 0 46Listowel 0 23 9 1 31Longford 10 33 4 0 85Macroom 3 8 1 3 72Mallow 0 40 7 1 258Midleton 0 7 8 0 138Monaghan 2 107 11 1 7Naas 0 7 5 0 142Navan 0 22 6 1 29Nenagh 0 20 4 0 143New Ross 0 10 15 1 274Skibbereen 22 25 3 0Templemore 0 0 2 0 29Thurles 0 36 13 2 178Tipperary 0 7 8 0 44Tralee 0 212 53 9 597Trim 0 9 0 0 15Tullamore 1 73 10 10 393Westport 0 21 12 4 73Wicklow 10 44 8 1 95Youghal 2 12 2 2 169Total (4) 366 2,104 492 155 7,110
TOTAL (1+2+3+4) 715 8,059 2,499 1,155 29,583
BReAKDOWN OF HOUSeHOLDS BY TeNURe (NeT NeeD) - MARCH 2008
110
Owner Private Living Living Living Rough Other Total
County Councils occupier rented with with with sleeper
accom. parents relatives friends with no
accom.
Carlow 6 176 83 19 2 0 37 323
Cavan 4 274 47 16 0 0 49 390
Clare 35 500 66 148 7 1 39 796
Cork 70 1562 252 133 45 4 120 2,186
Donegal 72 1321 233 58 9 0 70 1,763
D/Laoghaire-Rathdown 0 1419 658 140 56 6 182 2,461
Fingal 6 1503 243 70 26 0 83 1,931
Galway 116 673 96 76 4 18 8 991
Kerry 31 332 74 59 9 0 36 541
Kildare 2 1625 355 79 48 5 278 2,392
Kilkenny 9 533 168 70 21 0 78 879
Laois 6 415 72 30 3 0 15 541
Leitrim 28 208 26 26 1 0 6 295
Limerick 16 454 68 48 2 1 370 959
Longford 17 309 36 18 3 1 23 407
Louth 4 244 78 15 10 0 219 570
Mayo 21 544 61 39 8 0 87 760
Meath 75 808 211 60 17 2 60 1,233
Monaghan 10 85 13 12 0 1 11 132
North Tipperary 18 227 32 41 3 5 17 343
Offaly 18 289 76 40 8 0 16 447
Roscommon 23 400 52 29 1 0 48 553
Sligo 18 196 45 45 3 0 131 438
South Dublin 408 3215 175 53 36 3 369 4,259
South Tipperary 21 196 70 20 4 1 26 338
Waterford 9 303 74 87 3 0 34 510
Westmeath 5 225 48 20 8 1 274 581
Wexford 46 918 111 65 9 1 68 1,218
Wicklow 19 551 167 117 14 0 80 948
Total (1) 1,113 19,505 3,690 1,633 360 50 2,834 29,185
City Councils
Cork 5 2,110 347 60 26 5 311 2,864
Dublin 7 2,196 0 2,076 0 0 606 4,885
Galway 9 1,576 24 98 19 5 24 1,755
Limerick 44 1,014 334 194 16 11 111 1,724
Waterford 7 449 65 30 3 1 377 932
Total (2) 72 7,345 770 2,458 64 22 1,429 12,160
Borough Councils
Clonmel 0 176 21 8 1 0 6 212
Drogheda 3 547 76 27 6 1 23 683
Kilkenny 0 7 11 0 0 0 1 19
Sligo 3 295 65 37 1 1 71 473
Wexford 10 658 79 38 16 0 74 875
Total (3) 16 1,683 252 110 24 2 175 2,262
BReAKDOWN OF HOUSeHOLDS BY TeNURe (NeT NeeD) - MARCH 2008
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Owner Private Living Living Living Rough Other Total
Town Councils occupier rented with with with sleeper
accom. parents relatives friends with no
accom.
Arklow 3 324 13 30 1 0 13 384
Athlone 1 215 41 25 8 2 239 531
Athy 0 93 23 5 4 0 58 183
Ballina 4 384 14 10 3 0 15 430
Ballinasloe 1 69 30 9 1 0 5 115
Birr 8 94 14 4 0 0 4 124
Bray 2 480 94 59 2 0 55 692
Buncrana 2 107 28 5 0 0 8 150
Bundoran 0 74 11 3 0 1 2 91
Carlow 2 495 51 13 1 0 9 571
Carrickmacross 0 98 28 6 1 0 18 151
Carrick-on-Suir 2 87 11 11 0 0 6 117
Cashel 1 57 6 3 0 0 14 81
Castlebar 1 147 9 5 2 0 6 170
Castleblayney 0 84 7 12 0 0 1 104
Cavan 0 78 6 0 0 0 29 113
Clonakilty 0 51 8 7 0 0 2 68
Clones 4 45 3 13 0 0 4 69
Cobh 4 204 16 32 0 0 3 259
Dundalk 2 587 127 41 15 10 25 807
Dungarvan 0 127 42 19 18 1 141 348
Ennis 4 505 46 19 9 2 16 601
Enniscorthy 9 302 54 34 5 1 120 525
Fermoy 4 192 12 21 1 1 6 237
Kells 1 49 7 4 0 0 4 65
Killarney 4 451 37 34 9 0 15 550
Kilrush 1 39 8 4 1 0 0 53
Kinsale 0 88 9 6 0 0 3 106
Letterkenny 1 477 28 4 1 0 4 515
Listowel 0 52 6 9 2 0 4 73
Longford 4 119 13 10 3 0 12 161
Macroom 0 80 6 6 2 0 6 100
Mallow 2 301 24 16 0 0 2 345
Midleton 1 140 7 9 1 0 2 160
Monaghan 0 157 11 19 2 0 45 234
Naas 4 139 19 22 1 0 6 191
Navan 4 86 11 8 2 0 4 115
Nenagh 0 179 2 7 0 7 4 199
New Ross 2 235 38 37 4 0 40 356
Skibbereen 0 56 1 2 0 2 2 63
Templemore 9 40 0 2 0 0 1 52
Thurles 1 205 1 8 1 7 9 232
Tipperary 1 41 12 5 1 0 8 68
Tralee 1 765 38 35 8 4 95 946
Trim 1 22 9 3 0 0 2 37
Tullamore 11 446 76 40 4 1 18 596
Westport 2 85 12 9 0 0 7 115
Wicklow 0 145 16 18 2 0 7 188
Youghal 1 180 13 5 0 0 2 201
Total (4) 105 9,476 1,098 708 115 39 1,101 12,642
TOTAL (1+2+3+4) 1,306 38,009 5,810 4,909 563 113 5,539 56,249
LeNGTH OF TIMe OF HOUSeHOLDS ON WAITING LIST (NeT NeeD) -MARCH 2008
112
County Councils Up to 3 3-6 6-12 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-7 More Totalmonths months months years years years years years than 7
years
Carlow 126 22 72 11 28 21 14 20 9 323
Cavan 65 44 72 75 58 30 19 14 13 390
Clare 78 55 122 171 111 68 67 79 45 796
Cork 242 159 313 466 415 159 136 160 136 2,186
Donegal 153 114 191 331 373 271 152 118 60 1,763
D/Laoghaire-Rathdown 197 117 215 443 375 315 287 314 198 2,461
Fingal 238 134 263 290 450 320 137 79 20 1,931
Galway 129 75 135 222 160 79 55 64 72 991
Kerry 83 38 55 117 81 56 40 42 29 541
Kildare 565 221 344 411 324 228 126 117 56 2,392
Kilkenny 219 112 125 185 142 55 21 10 10 879
Laois 208 58 90 115 48 5 5 7 5 541
Leitrim 21 22 55 88 45 23 13 19 9 295
Limerick 123 58 157 217 177 94 61 54 18 959
Longford 112 52 71 80 48 16 9 13 6 407
Louth 90 28 189 129 95 12 8 16 3 570
Mayo 117 84 109 101 82 95 59 63 50 760
Meath 399 84 161 229 183 76 44 38 19 1,233
Monaghan 16 26 19 23 14 17 4 10 3 132
North Tipperary 69 34 51 63 65 25 14 12 10 343
Offaly 60 23 67 116 67 39 38 26 11 447
Roscommon 40 42 117 147 93 52 27 27 8 553
Sligo 83 23 60 82 132 27 10 10 11 438
South Dublin 381 333 562 930 892 431 321 308 101 4,259
South Tipperary 73 33 89 67 29 21 13 12 1 338
Waterford 48 52 69 114 127 37 24 23 16 510
Westmeath 55 22 60 133 132 76 45 43 15 581
Wexford 213 133 184 269 207 84 55 59 14 1,218
Wicklow 107 71 126 244 198 53 50 66 33 888
Total (1) 4,310 2,269 4,143 5,869 5,151 2,785 1,854 1,763 981 29,125
City Councils
Cork 299 188 330 466 521 305 205 273 277 2,864
Dublin 132 208 492 888 1,058 689 383 448 587 4,885
Galway 102 56 122 329 479 270 164 186 47 1,755
Limerick 131 79 169 429 404 191 119 153 49 1,724
Waterford 49 48 82 183 178 84 75 100 133 932
Total (2) 713 579 1,195 2,295 2,640 1,539 946 1,160 1,093 12,160
Borough Councils
Clonmel 23 15 41 62 38 20 7 5 1 212
Drogheda 123 75 39 100 183 108 24 21 10 683
Kilkenny 2 1 2 8 3 0 1 1 1 19
Sligo 47 37 76 96 112 37 21 25 22 473
Wexford 50 50 78 172 180 110 88 99 48 875
Total (3) 245 178 236 438 516 275 141 151 82 2,262
LeNGTH OF TIMe OF HOUSeHOLDS ON WAITING LIST (NeT NeeD) -MARCH 2008
113
Town Councils Up to 3 3-6 6-12 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-7 More Totalmonths months months years years years years years than 7
years
Arklow 30 29 37 81 97 43 29 27 11 384
Athlone 69 57 81 116 156 47 3 2 0 531
Athy 16 12 9 26 45 28 18 25 4 183
Ballina 68 30 42 84 100 39 23 29 15 430
Ballinasloe 37 9 12 19 14 8 5 7 4 115
Birr 15 12 20 24 21 11 12 8 1 124
Bray 38 42 63 113 123 106 70 74 63 692
Buncrana 11 9 19 43 36 13 10 8 1 150
Bundoran 5 4 13 28 27 8 3 3 0 91
Carlow 77 55 123 95 61 50 31 46 33 571
Carrickmacross 18 20 29 51 21 2 8 2 0 151
Carrick-on-Suir 29 14 23 19 17 9 4 1 1 117
Cashel 33 10 12 10 12 3 0 0 1 81
Castlebar 13 12 16 32 15 21 15 21 25 170
Castleblayney 16 7 16 27 13 14 4 3 4 104
Cavan 8 7 16 63 17 2 0 0 0 113
Clonakilty 8 6 7 15 15 8 2 2 5 68
Clones 9 2 4 10 11 10 8 14 1 69
Cobh 10 9 20 51 60 33 24 49 3 259
Dundalk 185 65 89 169 182 45 31 31 10 807
Dungarvan 48 18 44 49 78 108 1 2 0 348
Ennis 58 32 68 127 118 74 36 72 16 601
Enniscorthy 94 20 37 97 134 65 50 21 7 525
Fermoy 16 22 40 60 44 18 20 13 4 237
Kells 20 2 6 8 10 8 4 5 2 65
Killarney 34 44 50 131 135 64 48 35 9 550
Kilrush 4 5 8 3 14 13 2 4 0 53
Kinsale 15 7 17 20 10 13 8 6 10 106
Letterkenny 40 26 63 113 117 78 41 32 5 515
Listowel 1 10 7 20 13 8 8 5 1 73
Longford 54 2 34 24 29 6 3 9 0 161
Macroom 19 17 14 23 15 0 3 3 6 100
Mallow 41 30 37 39 96 20 20 59 3 345
Midleton 40 14 15 27 26 7 12 11 8 157
Monaghan 22 21 43 44 51 34 12 5 2 234
Naas 13 14 21 37 45 24 9 16 12 191
Navan 24 3 9 36 18 7 8 6 4 115
Nenagh 32 12 15 39 36 24 22 10 9 199
New Ross 8 20 37 64 104 97 22 3 1 356
Skibbereen 10 5 4 14 27 0 3 0 0 63
Templemore 0 3 4 4 6 14 4 10 7 52
Thurles 26 22 28 46 28 38 15 14 15 232
Tipperary 30 18 10 5 4 0 1 0 0 68
Tralee 25 18 95 205 295 109 93 76 30 946
Trim 11 1 4 8 9 3 1 0 0 37
Tullamore 32 35 74 134 104 75 62 59 21 596Westport 12 5 14 22 12 18 10 9 13 115
Wicklow 20 18 15 43 56 15 10 5 6 188
Youghal 11 19 25 67 33 13 8 18 7 201
Total (4) 1,455 874 1,489 2,585 2,707 1,453 836 860 380 12,639
TOTAL (1+2+3+4) 6,723 3,900 7,063 11,187 11,014 6,052 3,777 3,934 2,536 56,186
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118
BReAKDOWN OF HOUSeHOLDS BY eMPLOYMeNT STATUS (NeT NeeD) -MARCH 2008
employed employed Unemployed Pensioner/ Lone Homemaker Other TotalCounty (incl. full in back to and in receipt Retired parent (no income)Councils time, part work/FAS of social/ support
time or self- scheme community onlyemployed welfare
benefit
Carlow 80 8 182 11 17 3 22 323
Cavan 59 9 180 13 82 17 30 390
Clare 189 19 405 63 85 13 22 796
Cork 478 57 1,062 72 232 25 260 2,186
Donegal 273 65 1,075 97 200 9 44 1,763
D/L-Rathdown 476 207 1,109 62 559 48 0 2,461
Fingal 332 35 732 44 611 34 143 1,931
Galway 152 13 433 31 129 11 222 991
Kerry 119 18 267 17 59 6 55 541
Kildare 385 59 1,239 68 572 31 38 2,392
Kilkenny 134 19 563 15 93 4 51 879
Laois 83 6 404 17 8 7 16 541
Leitrim 46 12 189 24 13 0 11 295
Limerick 206 27 433 46 205 28 14 959
Longford 57 10 253 19 29 15 24 407
Louth 106 9 369 18 33 19 16 570
Mayo 114 14 438 50 83 10 51 760
Meath 560 16 345 30 171 17 94 1,233
Monaghan 38 4 64 9 12 2 3 132
North Tipperary 78 7 162 18 33 5 40 343
Offaly 75 22 266 16 57 5 6 447
Roscommon 101 25 307 47 57 9 7 553
Sligo 88 14 213 25 12 18 68 438
South Dublin 749 156 1,786 27 1,412 54 75 4,259
South Tipperary 58 12 166 9 28 8 57 338
Waterford 111 14 300 29 53 3 0 510
Westmeath 94 17 249 32 75 1 113 581
Wexford 205 33 612 47 234 50 37 1,218
Wicklow 253 29 427 25 197 12 5 948
Total (1) 5,699 936 14,230 981 5,351 464 1,524 29,185
City Councils
Cork 615 90 1,728 58 313 26 34 2,864
Dublin 1,094 179 2,207 228 0 1,131 46 4,885
Galway 348 62 1,168 13 139 3 22 1,755
Limerick 279 46 1,093 45 212 2 47 1,724
Waterford 170 9 502 64 135 4 48 932
Total (2) 2,506 386 6,698 408 799 1,166 197 12,160
Borough Councils
Clonmel 24 11 130 10 23 5 9 212
Drogheda 170 19 364 14 96 13 7 683
Kilkenny 4 1 9 1 1 0 3 19
Sligo 88 22 301 17 23 4 18 473
Wexford 91 24 605 36 76 9 34 875
Total (3) 377 77 1,409 78 219 31 71 2,262
BReAKDOWN OF HOUSeHOLDS BY eMPLOYMeNT STATUS (NeT NeeD) -MARCH 2008
119
employed employed Unemployed Pensioner/ Lone Homemaker Other TotalTown Councils (incl. full in back to and in receipt Retired parent (no income)
time, part work/FAS of social/ supporttime or self- scheme community only
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Arklow 57 14 245 7 48 0 13 384
Athlone 68 13 216 5 48 6 175 531
Athy 14 3 75 2 31 0 58 183
Ballina 39 13 285 29 46 1 17 430
Ballinasloe 18 3 74 4 13 0 3 115
Birr 39 3 73 5 3 1 0 124
Bray 131 53 308 26 152 1 21 692
Buncrana 25 9 80 9 20 3 4 150
Bundoran 24 0 53 2 11 1 0 91
Carlow 114 11 334 11 64 13 24 571
Carrickmacross 64 5 62 4 1 2 13 151
Carrick-on-Suir 11 0 66 6 8 3 23 117
Cashel 16 2 49 2 6 1 5 81
Castlebar 30 10 104 4 19 2 1 170
Castleblayney 23 4 58 0 12 0 7 104
Cavan 17 5 68 4 5 3 11 113
Clonakilty 29 5 28 2 2 0 2 68
Clones 15 3 35 4 11 1 0 69
Cobh 50 7 118 14 40 3 27 259
Dundalk 142 25 488 9 93 22 28 807
Dungarvan 71 3 217 13 43 0 1 348
Ennis 126 21 419 9 15 3 8 601
Enniscorthy 65 7 266 28 92 5 62 525
Fermoy 69 2 87 6 35 2 36 237
Kells 13 2 38 3 8 1 0 65
Killarney 134 14 338 12 44 7 1 550
Kilrush 5 2 43 1 2 0 0 53
Kinsale 20 5 60 6 4 0 11 106
Letterkenny 86 30 279 11 95 7 7 515
Listowel 6 1 48 5 9 2 2 73
Longford 22 2 111 3 5 4 14 161
Macroom 32 1 60 2 2 1 2 100
Mallow 73 7 191 12 50 6 6 345
Midleton 28 8 95 4 21 1 3 160
Monaghan 58 7 126 13 16 2 12 234
Naas 50 5 97 4 24 9 2 191
Navan 36 4 45 7 14 1 8 115
Nenagh 33 16 101 7 36 4 2 199
New Ross 54 14 240 12 23 2 11 356
Skibbereen 26 2 28 2 0 2 3 63
Templemore 17 0 29 3 2 0 1 52
Thurles 30 10 142 9 33 4 4 232
Tipperary 13 3 42 2 2 1 5 68
Tralee 116 18 593 13 56 2 148 946
Trim 10 1 14 3 6 0 3 37
Tullamore 122 19 387 11 40 9 8 596
Westport 21 2 59 9 18 1 5 115
Wicklow 29 6 98 7 42 4 2 188
Youghal 26 6 121 3 34 2 9 201
Total (4) 2,317 406 7,193 369 1,404 145 808 12,642
TOTAL (1+2+3+4) 10,899 1,805 29,530 1,836 7,773 1,806 2,600 56,249
120
BReAKDOWN OF AGeS BY APPLICANT (NeT NeeD) - MARCH 2008
County Councils Up to 17 18-25 26-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71 Totalyears years years years years years years years
and over
Carlow 0 91 60 89 42 25 10 6 323
Cavan 0 94 62 91 64 37 28 14 390
Clare 3 139 114 198 161 91 46 44 796
Cork 0 368 362 589 425 268 121 53 2,186
Donegal 0 395 279 427 331 178 94 59 1,763
D/L-Rathdown 0 522 447 782 422 186 57 45 2,461
Fingal 6 477 361 633 264 112 58 20 1,931
Galway 0 157 129 266 172 152 76 39 991
Kerry 0 104 82 117 113 79 29 17 541
Kildare 0 600 455 699 352 181 76 29 2,392
Kilkenny 0 221 153 213 146 89 47 10 879
Laois 0 139 109 138 86 38 24 7 541
Leitrim 0 46 48 72 58 36 20 15 295
Limerick 0 220 181 258 129 103 38 30 959
Longford 0 101 48 107 62 55 21 13 407
Louth 0 85 79 146 145 85 20 10 570
Mayo 0 122 116 190 148 96 54 34 760
Meath 0 303 184 370 175 125 48 28 1,233
Monaghan 0 32 26 29 22 14 4 5 132
North Tipperary 0 62 51 87 65 42 24 12 343
Offaly 0 133 80 114 53 32 28 7 447
Roscommon 0 87 81 144 111 70 35 25 553
Sligo 0 66 50 114 80 76 30 22 438
South Dublin 0 1233 856 1390 555 176 40 9 4,259
South Tipperary 0 77 56 77 65 44 13 6 338
Waterford 1 110 79 131 77 66 33 13 510
Westmeath 0 123 91 158 96 62 33 18 581
Wexford 0 310 219 299 187 119 66 18 1,218
Wicklow 0 244 198 227 153 74 42 10 948
Total (1) 10 6,661 5,056 8,155 4,759 2,711 1,215 618 29,185
City Councils
Cork 2 527 486 868 575 292 91 23 2,864
Dublin 2 982 934 1,273 782 501 285 126 4,885
Galway 0 263 342 650 315 140 35 10 1,755
Limerick 0 446 308 443 255 145 79 48 1,724
Waterford 0 82 126 267 203 144 68 42 932
Total (2) 4 2,300 2,196 3,501 2,130 1,222 558 249 12,160
Borough Councils
Clonmel 0 57 30 48 37 24 11 5 212
Drogheda 0 142 113 205 129 72 16 6 683
Kilkenny 0 3 2 3 6 2 1 2 19
Sligo 0 106 82 129 74 54 22 6 473
Wexford 0 198 188 187 146 97 44 15 875
Total (3) 0 506 415 572 392 249 94 34 2,262
121
BReAKDOWN OF AGeS BY APPLICANT (NeT NeeD) - MARCH 2008
Town Councils Up to 17 18-25 26-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71 Totalyears years years years years years years years
and over
Arklow 0 108 83 100 58 27 5 3 384
Athlone 0 98 93 169 86 64 17 4 531
Athy 0 51 38 46 26 14 5 3 183
Ballina 0 134 58 90 68 51 18 11 430
Ballinasloe 0 24 18 26 23 14 7 3 115
Birr 0 20 25 29 29 13 6 2 124
Bray 0 160 151 161 101 69 38 12 692
Buncrana 0 38 19 35 29 17 7 5 150
Bundoran 0 17 16 31 16 8 3 0 91
Carlow 0 127 92 158 120 47 21 6 571
Carrickmacross 1 33 28 48 26 10 3 2 151
Carrick-on-Suir 0 22 23 23 24 16 7 2 117
Cashel 0 14 9 24 14 15 5 0 81
Castlebar 0 24 23 36 36 38 12 1 170
Castleblayney 0 36 19 28 9 10 2 0 104
Cavan 0 21 17 35 18 14 5 3 113
Clonakilty 0 9 16 20 12 8 3 0 68
Clones 0 11 9 22 11 9 2 5 69
Cobh 0 56 46 68 39 28 18 4 259
Dundalk 0 200 127 270 118 62 19 11 807
Dungarvan 0 73 69 94 58 34 15 5 348
Ennis 0 103 115 203 108 52 14 6 601
Enniscorthy 0 127 75 146 97 44 20 16 525
Fermoy 0 43 53 74 40 15 5 7 237
Kells 0 12 7 17 14 9 3 3 65
Killarney 0 105 107 179 94 47 11 7 550
Kilrush 0 11 8 11 12 7 4 0 53
Kinsale 0 11 8 34 23 20 7 3 106
Letterkenny 0 112 98 169 88 28 15 5 515
Listowel 0 26 10 16 10 6 4 1 73
Longford 0 27 31 54 28 14 6 1 161
Macroom 0 14 15 36 18 14 1 2 100
Mallow 0 68 69 95 61 33 14 5 345
Midleton 0 30 29 58 21 12 8 2 160
Monaghan 0 42 34 65 39 31 16 7 234
Naas 0 33 31 71 37 9 7 3 191
Navan 0 19 13 33 24 14 8 4 115
Nenagh 0 52 45 50 29 17 2 4 199
New Ross 0 111 56 82 48 32 21 6 356
Skibbereen 0 9 7 17 14 13 1 2 63
Templemore 0 9 6 14 13 3 4 3 52
Thurles 0 57 33 48 37 42 14 1 232
Tipperary 1 14 10 15 11 11 5 1 68
Tralee 0 173 181 269 183 92 40 8 946
Trim 0 10 4 10 5 4 3 1 37
Tullamore 0 118 117 149 103 74 24 11 596
Westport 0 15 23 23 21 21 6 6 115
Wicklow 0 46 31 46 36 14 8 7 188
Youghal 0 38 38 74 22 21 5 3 201Total (4) 2 2,711 2,233 3,571 2,157 1,267 494 207 12,642
TOTAL (1+2+3+4) 16 12,178 9,900 15,799 9,438 5,449 2,361 1,108 56,249
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INCOMe ANALYSIS BY HOUSeHOLD (NeT NeeD) - MARCH 2008
County Councils Up to €10,001- €15,001- €20,001- €25,001 Over Total
€10,000 €15,000 €20,000 €25,000 €30,000 €30,000
Carlow 68 150 47 34 20 4 323
Cavan 94 184 65 35 11 1 390
Clare 347 251 85 71 21 21 796
Cork(North) 758 815 319 175 70 49 2,186
Donegal 838 574 205 101 24 21 1,763
D/L-Rathdown 89 1588 373 234 108 69 2,461
Fingal 215 1088 325 220 50 33 1,931
Galway 205 493 174 79 32 8 991
Kerry 202 178 95 47 13 6 541
Kildare 408 1340 293 238 83 30 2,392
Kilkenny 452 257 108 41 13 8 879
Laois 175 211 106 32 13 4 541
Leitrim 130 86 47 21 11 0 295
Limerick 295 403 128 96 20 17 959
Longford 67 224 67 29 13 7 407
Louth 76 368 52 46 21 7 570
Mayo 259 323 101 52 14 11 760
Meath 988 57 67 60 23 38 1,233
Monaghan 44 37 25 15 10 1 132
North Tipperary 20 202 47 48 17 9 343
Offaly 221 129 58 24 8 7 447
Roscommon 154 233 85 61 16 4 553
Sligo 118 232 43 31 10 4 438
South Dublin 511 2373 634 542 121 78 4,259
South Tipperary 145 122 40 25 5 1 338
Waterford 280 104 78 29 12 7 510
Westmeath 160 261 79 54 20 7 581
Wexford 272 604 180 113 28 21 1,218
Wicklow 200 443 99 100 48 58 948
Total (1) 7,791 13,330 4,025 2,653 855 531 29,185
City Councils
Cork 376 1,666 329 268 134 91 2,864
Dublin 1,166 2,458 447 518 200 96 4,885
Galway 225 1,009 231 187 66 37 1,755
Limerick 561 791 177 142 36 17 1,724
Waterford 356 343 123 78 28 4 932
Total (2) 2,684 6,267 1,307 1,193 464 245 12,160
Borough Councils
Clonmel 33 128 23 19 6 3 212
Drogheda 73 370 107 79 24 30 683
Kilkenny 12 4 2 1 0 0 19
Sligo 124 245 53 36 9 6 473
Wexford 319 450 66 27 10 3 875
Total (3) 561 1,197 251 162 49 42 2,262
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INCOMe ANALYSIS BY HOUSeHOLD (NeT NeeD) - MARCH 2008
County Councils Up to €10,001- €15,001- €20,001- €25,001 Over Total
€10,000 €15,000 €20,000 €25,000 €30,000 €30,000
Arklow 177 126 41 24 7 9 384
Athlone 320 121 62 17 8 3 531
Athy 49 99 18 11 2 4 183
Ballina 128 208 66 27 1 0 430
Ballinasloe 19 63 18 11 4 0 115
Birr 28 56 9 14 8 9 124
Bray 140 347 89 63 29 24 692
Buncrana 79 49 14 6 1 1 150
Bundoran 62 13 14 2 0 0 91
Carlow 212 219 67 48 11 14 571
Carrickmacross 47 29 29 34 8 4 151
Carrick-on-Suir 50 40 11 11 5 0 117
Cashel 23 37 9 9 2 1 81
Castlebar 23 97 26 15 4 5 170
Castleblayney 32 43 12 9 5 3 104
Cavan 25 58 17 12 0 1 113
Clonakilty 11 27 10 14 5 1 68
Clones 25 29 9 5 1 0 69
Cobh 148 64 31 8 5 3 259
Dundalk 158 408 103 89 30 19 807
Dungarvan 124 161 37 14 8 4 348
Ennis 98 283 108 75 28 9 601
Enniscorthy 320 134 46 12 7 6 525
Fermoy 61 93 31 28 15 9 237
Kells 54 3 2 2 2 2 65
Killarney 294 119 92 29 10 6 550
Kilrush 32 13 6 1 1 0 53
Kinsale 8 56 24 7 6 5 106
Letterkenny 203 190 71 33 12 6 515
Listowel 48 18 4 2 1 0 73
Longford 80 47 24 6 4 0 161
Macroom 27 36 18 12 2 5 100
Mallow 82 173 47 29 10 4 345
Midleton 22 83 33 17 4 1 160
Monaghan 40 118 30 25 16 5 234
Naas 88 48 30 12 6 7 191
Navan 87 4 10 5 2 7 115
Nenagh 33 119 25 15 6 1 199
New Ross 257 47 29 15 7 1 356
Skibbereen 12 29 9 9 3 1 63
Templemore 23 14 9 3 3 0 52
Thurles 13 177 21 15 3 3 232
Tipperary 38 16 10 4 0 0 68
Tralee 681 140 94 22 6 3 946
Trim 32 3 1 1 0 0 37
Tullamore 185 246 86 55 17 7 596
Westport 25 58 19 9 3 1 115
Wicklow 51 98 20 11 3 5 188
Youghal 31 127 20 14 7 2 201
Total (4) 4,805 4,786 1,611 911 328 201 12,642
TOTAL (1+2+3+4) 15,841 25,580 7,194 4,919 1,696 1,019 56,249
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BReAKDOWN OF HOUSeHOLDS BY NATIONALITY (NeT NeeD) - MARCH 2008
County Councils Irish Citizen eU Citizen Non eU Citizen TOTAL
Carlow 272 42 9 323
Cavan 306 73 11 390
Clare 651 104 41 796
Cork 1646 388 152 2,186
Donegal 1430 281 52 1,763
D/Laoghaire-Rathdown 1974 153 334 2,461
Fingal 1109 237 585 1,931
Galway 899 61 31 991
Kerry 426 107 8 541
Kildare 1739 294 359 2,392
Kilkenny 747 91 41 879
Laois 384 113 44 541
Leitrim 219 58 18 295
Limerick 785 86 88 959
Longford 316 58 33 407
Louth 493 37 40 570
Mayo 582 140 38 760
Meath 950 151 132 1,233
Monaghan 117 15 0 132
North Tipperary 307 34 2 343
Offaly 412 26 9 447
Roscommon 445 73 35 553
Sligo 372 57 9 438
South Dublin 2452 439 1368 4,259
South Tipperary 317 19 2 338
Waterford 415 65 30 510
Westmeath 497 48 36 581
Wexford 1009 186 23 1,218
Wicklow 822 97 29 948
Total (1) 22,093 3,533 3,559 29,185
City Councils
Cork 2,143 298 423 2,864
Dublin 4,174 284 427 4,885
Galway 1,128 281 346 1,755
Limerick 1,390 105 229 1,724
Waterford 769 62 101 932
Total (2) 9,604 1,030 1,526 12,160
Borough Councils
Clonmel 195 13 4 212
Drogheda 472 89 122 683
Kilkenny 18 1 0 19
Sligo 379 66 28 473
Wexford 718 131 26 875
Total (3) 1,782 300 180 2,262
BReAKDOWN OF HOUSeHOLDS BY NATIONALITY (NeT NeeD) - MARCH 2008
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Town Councils Irish Citizen eU Citizen Non eU Citizen TOTAL
Arklow 320 50 14 384Athlone 427 52 52 531Athy 154 9 20 183Ballina 361 51 18 430Ballinasloe 110 3 2 115Birr 92 28 4 124Bray 598 65 29 692Buncrana 114 35 1 150Bundoran 62 22 7 91Carlow 420 105 46 571Carrickmacross 103 45 3 151Carrick-on-Suir 98 18 1 117Cashel 73 8 0 81Castlebar 134 25 11 170Castleblayney 83 21 0 104Cavan 86 15 12 113Clonakilty 50 11 7 68Clones 63 6 0 69Cobh 208 26 25 259Dundalk 595 62 150 807Dungarvan 303 44 1 348Ennis 358 100 143 601Enniscorthy 461 38 26 525Fermoy 161 57 19 237Kells 59 4 2 65Killarney 338 165 47 550Kilrush 49 3 1 53Kinsale 69 35 2 106Letterkenny 365 83 67 515Listowel 60 13 0 73Longford 78 51 32 161Macroom 59 41 0 100Mallow 245 62 38 345Midleton 107 23 30 160Monaghan 161 67 6 234Naas 112 24 55 191Navan 83 17 15 115Nenagh 168 28 3 199New Ross 304 36 16 356Skibbereen 42 20 1 63Templemore 48 4 0 52Thurles 205 25 2 232Tipperary 60 7 1 68Tralee 664 193 89 946Trim 31 5 1 37Tullamore 483 74 39 596Westport 101 13 1 115Wicklow 153 27 8 188Youghal 155 42 4 201Total (4) 9,633 1,958 1,051 12,642
TOTAL (1+2+3+4) 43,112 6,821 6,316 56,249
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NUMBeR OF NON eU-NATIONAL HOUSeHOLDS (NeT NeeD) - MARCH 2008
County Councils Refugee Permission to Subsidiary Protection TOTAL
remain in the State Status
Carlow 0 9 0 9
Cavan 1 10 0 11
Clare 3 38 0 41
Cork 12 140 0 152
Donegal 7 45 0 52
D/Laoghaire-Rathdown 279 55 0 334
Fingal 103 482 0 585
Galway 2 29 0 31
Kerry 0 8 0 8
Kildare 26 333 0 359
Kilkenny 2 39 0 41
Laois 1 43 0 44
Leitrim 2 16 0 18
Limerick 16 71 1 87
Longford 1 32 0 33
Louth 0 40 0 40
Mayo 20 17 1 37
Meath 7 124 1 131
Monaghan 0 0 0 0
North Tipperary 0 2 0 2
Offaly 0 9 0 9
Roscommon 17 18 0 35
Sligo 2 7 0 9
South Dublin 86 1,282 0 1,368
South Tipperary 0 2 0 2
Waterford 7 23 0 30
Westmeath 2 34 0 36
Wexford 2 21 0 23
Wicklow 3 26 0 29
Total (1) 601 2,955 3 3,556
City Councils
Cork 124 295 4 419
Dublin 59 367 1 426
Galway 50 296 0 346
Limerick 92 137 0 229
Waterford 33 68 0 101
Total (2) 358 1,163 5 1,521
Borough Councils
Clonmel 0 4 0 4
Drogheda 13 109 0 122
Kilkenny 0 0 0 0
Sligo 8 19 0 27
Wexford 5 21 1 26
Total (3) 26 153 1 179
NUMBeR OF NON eU-NATIONAL HOUSeHOLDS (NeT NeeD) - MARCH 2008
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Town Councils Refugee Permission to Subsidiary Protection TOTALremain in the State Status
Arklow 1 13 0 14Athlone 4 48 0 52Athy 0 20 0 20Ballina 6 12 0 18Ballinasloe 0 2 0 2Birr 1 3 0 4Bray 5 24 0 29Buncrana 0 1 0 1Bundoran 1 6 0 7Carlow 5 41 0 46Carrickmacross 0 3 0 3Carrick-on-Suir 1 0 0 1Cashel 0 0 0 0Castlebar 7 4 0 11Castleblayney 0 0 0 0Cavan 2 9 1 11Clonakilty 2 5 0 7Clones 0 0 0 0Cobh 2 23 0 25Dundalk 1 149 0 150Dungarvan 0 1 0 1Ennis 13 130 0 143Enniscorthy 2 24 0 26Fermoy 0 19 0 19Kells 0 2 0 2Killarney 17 30 0 47Kilrush 0 1 0 1Kinsale 0 1 1 1Letterkenny 8 59 0 67Listowel 0 0 0 0Longford 3 29 0 32Macroom 0 0 0 0Mallow 6 32 0 38Midleton 1 29 0 30Monaghan 3 3 0 6Naas 1 54 0 55Navan 2 13 0 15Nenagh 0 3 0 3New Ross 0 16 0 16Skibbereen 0 1 0 1Templemore 0 0 0 0Thurles 1 1 0 2Tipperary 0 1 0 1Tralee 0 89 0 89Trim 0 1 0 1Tullamore 5 33 1 38Westport 0 1 0 1Wicklow 0 3 5 3Youghal 0 4 0 4Total (4) 100 943 8 1,043
TOTAL (1+2+3+4) 1,085 5,214 17 6,299