Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 24 September 2015
206. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority area, in tabular form, the number of social housing units that were allocated to persons with disabilities in 2014. [32645/15]
Amharc ar fhreagra207. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority area, in tabular form, the number of persons with disabilities who are currently on the housing waiting list. [32646/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 206 and 207 together.
The allocation of social housing supports is a matter for each housing authority in accordance with its allocation scheme made under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. My Department does not hold information on the allocation of social housing to individual households or groups on the waiting list.
The results of the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments, published by the Housing Agency in 2013, and accessible at the link below, provides details of the number of households qualified for social housing support on a local authority by local authority basis. Table A2.6 in the Summary outlines the specific accommodation requirement, including disability-related, by local authority.
http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/Housing/FileDownLoad,34857,en.pdf
The numbers on housing lists will fluctuate, including because of new households being approved to join the lists while other households come off the lists when they are accommodated. In order to have the most up to date position on housing needs, the Social Housing Strategy 2020, published in November 2014, includes a commitment to undertake the Summary of Assessments on annual basis from 2016 onwards.
