Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Questions (630)

Thomas P. Broughan

Question:

630. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons that are on the housing waiting list and transfer list in each local authority; if he will indicate the allocations that have been made in 2012 through the rental accommodation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58059/12]

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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 fluctuates continually according as households are allocated housing and other households apply for housing support. Detailed information on the latest statutory assessment of housing need, carried out in March 2011, 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.

Since 1 April 2011 all housing authorities assess applicants for social housing support in accordance with section 20 of the Housing (scellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and regulations made under that section, primarily the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011. At the end of November 2012 local authorities had transferred a total of 42,687 households from Rent Supplement (RS). Of these 25,123 were housed directly under RAS and a further 17,564 were accommodated under other social housing options. A breakdown of the 4,928 households transferred from rent supplement in 2012 (to end November), by local authority, is given in the table below.

Housing Authorities	Transfers in 2012*	Housing Authorities	Transfers in 2012*
Carlow Co. Cl.	139	Limerick City Cl.	131
Cavan Co. Cl.	206	Limerick Co. Cl.	91
Clare Co. Cl.	85	Longford Co. Cl.	8
Cork City Cl.	209	Louth Co. Cl.	29
Cork Co. Cl.	331	Mayo Co. Cl.	158
Donegal Co. Cl.	178	Meath Co. Cl.	117
Dublin City Cl.	292	Monaghan Co. Cl.	37
Dublin South Co. Cl.	336	Nth Tipperary Co. Cl.	143
Dun/Rathdown Co.Cl.	116	Offaly Co. Cl.	88
Fingal Co. Cl.	382	Roscommon Co.Cl.	125
Galway City Cl.	71	Sligo Co. Cl.	103
Galway Co. Cl.	130	Sth Tipperary Co. Cl.	182
Kerry Co. Cl.	186	Waterford City Cl.	136
Kildare Co. Cl.	107	Waterford Co. Cl.	85
Kilkenny Co. Cl.	173	Westmeath Co. Cl.	84
Laois Co. Cl.	57	Wexford Co. Cl.	247
Leitrim Co. Cl.	5	Wicklow Co. Cl.	161

(* to end November 2012)