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Local Authority Housing Provision

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 February 2014

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Questions (117)

Dominic Hannigan

Question:

117. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will rank each local authority by the percentage change in the proportion of housing stock made up of social housing for rent in each year between 1997 and 2014; the waiting lists for social housing in each of the years between 1997 and 2014 in each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5780/14]

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The Eighth Annual Report on Service Indicators, published by the Local Government Management Services Board in April 2013, which details service indicators in local authorities in 2011, provides a range of information in relation to the social housing stock including the total number of dwellings in each local authority area. Copies of the report are available from the Local Government Management Agency and may be downloaded from their website, www.lgmsb.ie.

In relation to waiting lists numbers, the report on the 2011 Housing Needs Assessment available on my Department's website at www.environ.ie contains details for each local authority which were recorded under the tri-annual social housing needs assessments carried out from 1993 to 2011 under Section 9 of the Housing Act, 1988. The latest social housing needs assessment was carried out as at 7 May 2013 in accordance with section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2009 and the results are also available on my Department's website.

The 2013 figures are the most up-to-date figures available on waiting list numbers, which are subject to on-going fluctuation due to households being allocated housing and new households applying for housing support. However, the 2013 results cannot be directly compared to previous results given that this latest summary employed different methodologies and was the first to be carried out under the 2011 Social Housing Assessment Regulations.

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