Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 March 2021
69. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons on local authority housing waiting lists in counties Meath and Westmeath, respectively, at the end of each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date 2021, in tabular form. [16072/21]
View answer70. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons on local authority housing waiting lists for one-bedroom homes in counties Meath and Westmeath, respectively, at the end of each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date 2021, in tabular form. [16073/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 69 and 70 together.
Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority area is provided in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The SSHA has been conducted on an annual basis since 2016, prior to which it was carried out tri-annually, the last of which was completed in 2013. My Department does not hold data for 2015 as no SSHA was conducted in that year.
The most recent summary, conducted in November 2020 shows that 61,880 households were assessed as qualified for and being in need of social housing support. This represents a decrease of 6,813 households or 9.9% on the last assessment in June 2019. Since 2016, the numbers have decreased from 91,600 to 61,880, a reduction of 32.4%.
Below is the link to the summary report for 2020 which includes breakdowns by each local authority, including Meath and Westmeath, across a range of categories. In relation to the specific question posed regarding a breakdown by one bedroom homes, information of this exact type is not held by my Department.
Tables 2.4 and A1.4 provide details on household size. It should be noted that the category “Household Composition” in the previous reports, was replaced in the 2019 report by the “Household Size” profile category which provides more granular level of detail regarding the number of persons in each household type.
SSHA Report 2020
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/970ea-summary-of-social-housing-assessments-2020-key-findings/
Numbers for those local authorities for 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 are provided in the corresponding tables of the respective reports for those years, the links for which are provided below.
SSHA Report 2016
https://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/summary_of_social_housing_assessments_2016.pdf
SSHA Report 2017
https://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/sha_summary_2017.pdf
SSHA Report 2018
https://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/summary_of_social_housing_assessments_2018_-_key_findings.pdf
SSHA Report 2019
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/29da7-summary-of-social-housing-assessments-2019-key-findings/
