Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 103: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of households and individuals waiting to be housed by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11013/05]

Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 151: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has prepared projections for the total numbers likely to seek local authority housing over the next ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11015/05]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 154: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority houses built and allocated by his Department through the various local authorities in each of the past three years, excluding housing provided by voluntary agencies or groups; the number of persons remaining on housing lists; when he expects, on the basis of the performance to date, to be in a position to meet the housing needs of all those remaining on local authority housing lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11177/05]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 103, 151 and 154 together.

Statutory assessments of housing need are undertaken by local authorities every three years. The results of the last such assessment, which was undertaken by local authorities in March 2002, indicated that a total of 48,413 households were in need of housing. Detailed information on the results of the 2002 assessment was published in my Department's September 2002 quarterly edition of the Housing Statistics Bulletin, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library. The March 2005 statutory assessment of housing need has recently been undertaken by local authorities and they are now finalising the data from the assessment, which should be published in aggregated form later this year by my Department.

Total social housing provision for 2004, taking account of new local authority housing, vacancies arising in existing houses and output under other social housing measures, met the needs of nearly 13,000 households. In 2005, it is anticipated that the needs of in excess of 13,000 households will be met from the same measures. In addition, it is anticipated that a number of households currently in private rented accommodation will transfer to the new rental accommodation scheme now being introduced. These households will continue to be mainly accommodated within the private rented sector.