Written answers
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Local Authority Housing
12:00 pm
John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to meet the housing needs of families on housing waiting lists in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34930/08]
Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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A statutory assessment of housing need is carried out every three years by all housing authorities. The last assessment took place in 2005 and indicated that there were 43,684 households on local authority housing waiting lists. 1,301 of these households were on waiting lists of housing authorities in County Mayo; further information is available on my Department's website at www.environ.ie. Housing authorities have recently completed the 2008 assessment of housing need, the results of which will be published as soon as possible.
This information on housing need has been a major consideration in the allocation of exchequer resources for the national social housing investment programme. This year alone, my Department has allocated almost €20 million to support social housing construction projects across County Mayo.
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