Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 394: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons on local authority housing lists per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26355/10]

Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 415: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people on the local authority housing list by county at the end of 2006 to 2009 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26816/10]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Question Nos. 394 and 415 together.

The number of households on a local authority's waiting list continuously fluctuates as households on the list are allocated housing and new households apply for housing support. My Department does not hold information on waiting lists. A statutory assessment of housing need is carried out every three years by all housing authorities in accordance with the terms of the Housing Act 1988. The last assessment took place in 2008 and indicated that there were 56,249 households in need of social housing support. Further information regarding the assessment, including a breakdown of housing need figures by housing authority, is available on my Department's website at www.environ.ie.