Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 October 2014
216. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to detail the number of citizens who were housed in social housing from county and city council housing, homeless and transfer lists on an annual basis for each year since 2009. [39628/14]
View answerMy Department does not hold information on the allocation of social housing supports to households on the waiting list, whether by local authority housing or other accommodation provided by a housing authority. The allocation of such support is a matter for each authority in accordance with its allocation scheme made under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. The results of the statutory Summary of Social Housing Needs Assessments carried out as at 7 May 2013 provided details on the number of households on waiting lists in each housing authority area, including the length of time spent by households on each housing authority list. 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.
