Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 237: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applicants on the Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council housing waiting list under the categories, housing and transfer lists, homeless lists and affordable including Part V housing lists for the years 2002 to 2006 and to date in 2007. [24612/07]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The most recent assessment of need for social housing was undertaken by local authorities in March 2005. The results of that assessment indicated that there were 5,617 households on Dublin City Council's waiting list in 2005, a drop from the 2002 figure of 6,993. The corresponding figures for Fingal County Council are 1,976 in 2005 and 1,769 in 2002. The numbers of homeless households in Dublin City and Fingal in 2005 were 1,348 and 25, respectively. There was no corresponding breakdown of the homeless figures for 2002; however, based on an assessment carried out by the Homeless Agency, the number of homeless households in the Dublin Region (comprising Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin Councils) in 2002 was 2,560. The next statutory assessment of housing need will take place in March 2008.

Comprehensive information on the number of people seeking affordable housing (including Part V affordable housing) and the number of people seeking transfers in each local authority area is not collected by my Department.