Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 October 2017
225. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons on the housing lists in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42021/17]
View answerDetails on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each housing authority area are provided in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments. The most recent statutory summary of social housing assessments, carried out in 2016, details the number of households on all local authority waiting lists as at 21 September 2016.
The results are available on my Department’s website at the link below and include breakdowns by each local authority across a range of categories. The 2016 report also includes the results of the 2013 summary for comparative purposes:
http://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/summary_of_social_housing_assessments_2016.pdf.
In line with a commitment given in the Social Housing Strategy 2020, future summaries will now be carried out an annual basis. I expect the results of the 2017 summary to be available for publication later in the year.
