Finian McGrath
Question:1479 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people on the Dublin City Council area housing waiting list for the northside of Dublin. [28737/06]
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Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. N. Ahern)
The statutory assessment of housing need is undertaken by local authorities on a triennial basis. The most recent assessment of need for social housing was undertaken by local authorities in March 2005. The results of that assessment indicated that there were 43,684 households on local authority housing waiting lists. More comprehensive data in relation to the 2005 assessment at an individual local authority level was published in the Annual Bulletin of Housing Statistics, a copy of which is available on my Department's website at www.environ.ie. In the case of Dublin City Council, the 2005 assessment indicated that there were 5,617 households on their housing waiting list. Further Information on the breakdown of that figure is not available in my Department.