Ms Geraldine Tallon:

At present, it is difficult to say how many are on the social housing waiting list. We do a three-yearly assessment, as the Deputy knows, and the last assessment showed there were just over 98,000 people on the waiting list. That number is relevant for a point in time and the numbers on the list fluctuate constantly at local authority level. The figure was of the order of 98,000.

To return to the Deputy's previous question on the extent of the reduction in housing funding, housing capital funding is down by over 70% since 2008. At its highest point, we had €1.7 billion in the housing programme, including more than €1 billion for the main local authority housing.