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Local Authority Housing.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 December 2004

Thursday, 9 December 2004

Questions (98, 99)

Seán Crowe

Question:

89 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average length of time which single homeless males spend on local authority housing waiting lists before being housed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32742/04]

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Written answers

The results of the statutory assessment of local authority housing need, which was undertaken in March 2002, indicated that a total of 48,413 households were in need of social housing, of which 2,468 were considered homeless and in need of local authority housing. Information on gender and the length of time these households were on the local authority waiting list was not collected.

Information from the last assessment of need indicates that approximately 60% of households assessed as in need of local authority housing were on the local authority waiting list for less than two years. It is, however, the case that some applicants for local authority housing are on waiting lists for longer periods on the basis that their housing need has a relatively lower priority compared with the needs of households who have been allocated housing. The relative priority of households on the local authority waiting lists is determined in accordance with the authorities' scheme of letting priorities, the making of which is a function reserved to the elected members.

Enda Kenny

Question:

90 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will visit the Poolbeg Quay development in Dublin, built by the City Housing Initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32772/04]

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I am aware that the development at Poolbeg Quay, which was built under the 1999 affordable housing scheme, was opened officially recently and am pleased to acknowledge the work of the City Housing Initiative in bringing it to fruition. Regretfully, I was unable to attend the official opening due to other commitments but my Department was represented. I would be pleased to visit the new development at a future date.

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