John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 801: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people on housing waiting lists in each local authority area in each of the years 1997 to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27771/06]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Local authorities undertake statutory assessments of housing need every three years. The most recent assessment of need for social housing was undertaken by local authorities in March 2005 indicated that there were 43,684 households on local authority waiting lists compared with 48,413 in March 2002 — a decrease of almost 10%. The previous assessment of housing need undertaken in March 1999 indicated that there were 39,176 households on local authority waiting lists. A breakdown of the 2005 assessments by local authority is available on the Department's website at www.environ.ie while the 2002 and 1999 assessments are available in the September Quarterly Housing Statistics Bulletins for the respective years, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas library.