Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for the question. I cannot speak to individual cases but I am very sorry this person has been waiting so long for support. In 2018 we supported more than 27,000 families and individuals into new housing supports through the work of Rebuilding Ireland. Some 8,400 of those supports were increases to the social housing stock, with new homes built, acquired or long-term leased. This is having an important impact in reductions to the housing list, which now stands at just over 70,000 people. This is down about 20,000 since the beginning of Rebuilding Ireland. HAP is a great support if it can work but I also know the income eligibility bands for local authorities have not increased since 2011. When the review was done in 2011 an additional amount of money was put in for the coming period. A review is happening currently by the Housing Agency and when we have the results of the income eligibility review it will then be rolled out across the State.

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