Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of families on the social housing waiting list since 1997 to date. [23417/05]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The statutory assessment of housing need is undertaken on a triennial basis by local authorities. The most recent assessment was undertaken by local authorities in March 2005 and it is anticipated that the results of this assessment will be available for publication in September of this year. The previous two assessments took place in 2002 and 1999 and indicated that in March 2002 a total of 48,413 households were in need of social housing compared with 39,176 in 1999. Detailed information on housing needs was published in my Department's housing statistics bulletins for the September quarters in 1999 and 2002 and copies are available in the Oireachtas Library.