Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the statistics available from local authority assessments of social housing needs for the year 2006 in relation to individual categories of need (details supplied). [21579/07]

Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of households on social housing waiting lists for the year 2006 in each local authority here. [21580/07]

Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of the figures for the number of households on local authority social housing waiting lists in relation to duration on the waiting list, household composition, household size as a percentage of total need, age profile of applicants for housing, household income levels of applicants and citizenship status of households. [21581/07]

Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of households on social housing waiting lists by category of need for 2006 for each local authority here. [21582/07]

Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of households on social housing waiting lists by category of tenure for 2006 for each local authority here. [21583/07]

Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of households on social housing waiting lists by category of length of time on the waiting list for 2006 for each local authority here. [21584/07]

Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of households on social housing waiting lists by category of employment status for 2006 for each local authority here. [21585/07]

Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 506: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of households on social housing waiting lists by category of income analysis for 2006 for each local authority here. [21586/07]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 499 to 506, inclusive, together.

A statutory assessment of housing need is undertaken by local authorities on a triennial basis. The most recent assessment of need for social housing was undertaken by local authorities in March 2005. In that context data in relation the number of applicants on individual authority waiting lists in 2006 are not available in my Department. The next statutory assessment of housing need is due to be undertaken by housing authorities in March 2008.

The results of the 2005 assessment indicated that there were 43,684 households on local authority housing waiting lists. The table below sets out the number of households on local authority waiting lists in 2005, broken down by individual categories of need.

More comprehensive data in relation to the 2005 assessment at an individual local authority level were published in the Annual Bulletin of Housing Statistics 2005, a copy of which is available on my Department's website www.environ.ie. This includes data on applicant's: time on waiting lists, household composition; household size as a percentage of total need; age; income levels; citizenship status; category of tenure; and employment status.