Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 July 2014
353. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the social housing waiting lists across the State on the basis of applicant family size; and the numbers of beds required for their appropriate housing. [30374/14]
View answerThe results of the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments carried out as at 7 May 2013 provided details on the number of households on waiting lists in each housing authority area, including data on the composition of qualified households. The results are available on my Department's website at the following link:
http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/Housing/FileDownLoad,34857,en.pdf. 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.
It is a matter for individual housing authorities to decide on the size of dwellings to be allocated to applicants on their waiting lists. This policy is decided in their Allocation Schemes, the making of which is a reserved function of the housing authority.
