Written answers
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Local Authority Housing
9:00 pm
Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 865: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of new local authority houses acquired both built and bought since the Bacon III report in 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11635/09]
Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Detailed information in relation to social housing starts and completions, including acquisitions, are published in my Department's Annual and Quarterly Housing Statistics Bulletins, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas library. Bulletins from 2000 onwards are also available on my Department's website, www.environ.ie.
Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 866: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the national average waiting time for local authority houses; the waiting time in south Tipperary; and the increase or decrease per year that this equates to since 2002 both nationally and in south Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11636/09]
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 most recent assessment took place in 2008 and preliminary results are available on my Department's website at www.environ.ie.
The 2008 assessment indicates that, nationally, some 40% of households awaiting social housing have been waiting for between 1 to 3 years, with 31% waiting for less than a year. This compares with 35% (1 to 3 years) and 41% (less than a year) in 2005. A further breakdown of the national figures is provided in Table 1. Figures for average waiting times in 2002 were not collated by my Department at the time.
| Table 1 – National Waiting Times 2005 & 2008 | ||
| Waiting Time | 2005 | 2008 |
| % | % | |
| < 3 months18123 – 6 months876 – 12 months15121 – 2 years20202 – 3 years15203 – 4 years9114 – 5 years575 – 7 years677+ years44The 2008 assessment also shows that in the South Tipperary County Council area, the majority, some 57, of households awaiting social housing have been waiting for less than a year as compared to 51 for the same group in 2005. Details of waiting times in South Tipperary are given in Table 2.Table 2 – South Tipperary Waiting Times 2005 & 2008Waiting Time20052008%%< 3 months26213 – 6 months9106 – 12 months16261 – 2 years24202 – 3 years1493 – 4 years664 – 5 years245 – 7 years237+ years11> |
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