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190 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government the percentage by which the national housing waiting list has been reduced or increased in the past six years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23777/03]
The results of the statutory assessment of local authority housing need, which was undertaken by local authorities in March, 2002, indicated that a total of 48,413 households were in need of housing, compared with 39,176 households in March, 1999, an increase of 23.5%. The figure of 48,413 households includes some 14,500 households in private rented accommodation with the benefit of supplementary welfare rent support. Detailed information on the results of the 2002 assessment was published in my Department's September 2002 quarterly edition of the Housing Statistics Bulletin, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library.
