Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 October 2012

Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Questions (371)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

371. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will provide the number of households on local authority waiting lists by year from 1992 to 2011. [41533/12]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government

My Department does not hold information on the number of households on local authorities’ waiting lists. This figure continuously fluctuates as households are allocated housing and new households apply for housing support. Detailed information on the latest statutory assessment of housing need, carried out in March 2011 and including a breakdown by housing authority, is available on my Department’s website – www.environ.ie or on the Housing Agency’s website at www.housing.ie.