Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 December 2013
166. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which contact has been made with the various local authorities with a view to identification of the number of families currently on their housing waiting lists; the action taken or proposed to address the issues of those local authorities particularly affected in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52401/13]
View answerThe results of the 2013 Summary of Housing Needs Assessment will be available later this month. The assessment involved the submission by all housing authorities of details of the social housing assessments carried out in their administrative area as at 7 May, 2013, and the findings will provide details on the number of households on waiting lists at this date. My Department will engage with the Housing Agency and local authorities in terms of carrying out a detailed analysis of the findings so as to address the housing need identified at a local level. The previous summary of social housing assessments was carried out as at 31 March, 2011 and found that there were 98,318 households on local authority waiting lists. The full results of this assessment, including breakdowns by each local authority, are available on my Department’s website www.environ.ie and the Housing Agency’s website www.housing.ie.
