Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 188: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of persons currently on local authority housing lists throughout the country; their average length of time on such lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6164/12]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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My Department does not hold information on the number of households on local authorities' waiting lists. This figure continuously fluctuates as households are allocated housing and new households apply for housing support.

Detailed information on the latest statutory assessment of housing need carried out in March 2011, including a breakdown by housing authority, is available on my Department's website – www.environ.ie or on the Housing Agency's website at www.housing.ie. The report includes a table showing breakdown of applicants by local authority by length of time on waiting list.