Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 601: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people on affordable housing waiting lists for each local authority area in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4585/08]

Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 602: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people on affordable housing waiting lists for each local authority area in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4587/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 601 and 602 together.

Assessment of the overall requirement for affordable homes is primarily a matter for local authorities. While comprehensive information on the numbers applying for all affordable housing schemes is not collected by my Department, the indications are that demand for affordable housing remains strong in certain areas, particularly in the Greater Dublin Area and near other major urban centres. Information on the numbers who have applied for the shared ownership scheme in 2006 and up to end of September in 2007 is published in my Department's Housing Statistics Bulletins, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library and also on my Department's website at www.environ.ie.