Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 233: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people who have been officially removed from local authority housing lists during each of the past five years for refusing accommodation offered by the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36515/09]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Under Section 11 of the Housing Act 1988, as amended, the management of the housing waiting list and allocation of tenancies in local authority dwellings is a matter for the local authority concerned. The number of households on a local authority's waiting list continuously fluctuates as households on the list are allocated housing, others moved from the list, and new households apply for housing support. My Department does not hold information in relation to the numbers currently on waiting lists in local authorities or the numbers of people who have been removed from the lists.