Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the up-to-date number of households and the number of persons on the Galway City Council and Galway County Council waiting list; if he will provide a breakdown of the list in terms of unit size, for the longest waiting time for each list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35473/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Details on the number of households on waiting lists in each housing authority area are provided in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments. The most recent figures available are the results of the 2013 summary and these can be accessed on my Department’s website at the following link:

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The 2013 results show that there were 2, 471 and 2, 099 households on the Galway City Council and Galway County Council waiting lists, respectively. The results are broken down across a range of categories, including by household size and the length of time spent by households on housing lists.

In accordance with a commitment given in the Social Housing Strategy 2020, the summary will be prepared on an annual basis from 2016 onwards. Preparation of the 2016 summary, which will provide up to date figures of national housing need, is well advanced and will be available shortly.