Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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153. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of persons on the social housing list in each local authority area, in tabular form, in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; the average waiting time in each area; and the present number of vacant properties in each local authority. [15848/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The report on the 2011 Housing Needs Assessment, available on my Department's website at

contains details on waiting list numbers for each local authority which were recorded under the tri-annual social housing needs assessments carried out from 1993 to 2011 under Section 9 of the Housing Act 1988. The latest social housing needs assessment was carried out as at 7 May 2013 in accordance with section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the results are also available on my Department's website.  The 2011 and 2013 reports include details on the length of time spent by qualified households on waiting lists by local authority.

The 2013 figures are the most up-to-date figures available on waiting list numbers, which are subject to on-going fluctuation due to households being allocated housing and new households applying for housing support.  However, the 2013 results cannot be directly compared to previous results given that this latest summary employed different methodologies and was the first to be carried out under the 2011 Social Housing Assessment Regulations.

Data relating to the local authority housing stock, including information on vacancy rates, are compiled by the Local Government Management Agency as part of the annual local authority service indicators. Electronic copies of the reports, including the most recent report for 2012, which was published on 25 March 2014, are available on the Local Government Management Agency's website, .

Compilation of the 2013 data is in progress and will be published by the LGMA in due course.