Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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802. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social housing completions, by quarter, and by county, confirmed for each of the years 2013 to the first quarter of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7067/16]

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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803. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses purchased, by quarter and by county, in respect of social housing allocations in each of the years 2013 to the first quarter of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7068/16]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos 802 and 803 together.

Information on social housing units constructed and acquired in respect of all local authorities and approved housing bodies and funded by direct capital investment by my Department, is published on my Department’s website at the following link: .

Data up to the end of 2015 are currently published, including a breakdown across the different categories of delivery for all local authorities. Data relating to quarter one 2016 is in the process of being gathered from all local authorities and will be published on my Department’s website when available.

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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804. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vacant houses acquired back by local authorities, by quarter, and by county, in respect of social housing in each of the years 2013 to the first quarter of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7069/16]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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Dealing with vacancies that occur within existing social housing stock is a normal part of the management function of local authorities. However, in 2014 my Department recognised that a backlog of such units had built up over several years and accordingly, we introduced a funding programme to support the efforts that local authorities make through their own resources in this regard. The programme is co-funded by the Exchequer and the EU Structural and Investment Funds 2014-2020.

In the two years since this funding programme was introduced, over 5,000 units have been supported nationally and returned to use at a cost of some €60 million. Information in relation to this programme is collected on an annualised basis and the details for 2014 and 2015 are set out below. This represents the numbers of units returned to use by local authorities with funding support from my Department and it does not encompass those which are returned to use by local authorities within their own resources, as part of the day-to-day management of their stock.

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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805. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the longest amount of time in years and months that a single person has been waiting for an allocation of social housing, by county, for each of the years from 2010 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7070/16]

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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806. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the longest amount of time in years and months that a couple or one-parent family with one child have been waiting for an allocation of social housing by county, for each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7071/16]

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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807. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the longest amount of time in years and months that a couple or one-parent family with two or more children have been waiting for an allocation of social housing, by county, for each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7072/16]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 805, 806 and 807 together.

The oversight and management of housing waiting lists, including the allocation and transfer of tenancies, is a matter for the relevant housing authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and associated regulations. My Department does not collate the detailed data sought on an ongoing basis. The numbers and household breakdown on housing waiting lists in individual local authorities are subject to on-going fluctuation as households are allocated housing and new households are added to the list.

The results of the statutory assessments of housing need carried out at as 31 March 2011 and 7 May 2013 provide details on the number of households on waiting lists in each housing authority area on these dates, including the length of time spent by households on each housing authority list.

The 2011 and 2013 results are available on my Department’s website at the following links: 2011 Housing Needs Assessment (Table A6 refers) :

2013 Summary of Social Housing Assessments (Table A2.8 refers):

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The 2013 figures are the most up-to-date figures available on waiting list numbers. Further summaries of social housing assessments will be carried out on an annual basis from this year forward and will provide up-to-date and comprehensive data on the numbers of households qualified for social housing support on an on-going basis.