Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 March 2014
127. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of persons registered on the housing lists of the various local authorities throughout each of the past ten years to date; the extent to which such numbers have fluctuated annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12386/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe report on the 2011 Housing Needs Assessment, available on my Department’s website at www.environ.ie, contains details on waiting list numbers 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 (scellaneous 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 ongoing 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.
