Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons on the housing lists for County Kildare in each of the years from 2010 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13128/17]

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 by the results of the tri-annual social housing needs assessments carried out from 1993 to 2011 under Section 9 of the Housing Act 1988, and the summaries of social housing assessments carried out in 2013 and 2016 in accordance with section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009.

The 2013 and 2016 results show that there were 5,454 and 5,572 households on Kildare County Council’s waiting list as at 7 May 2013 and 21 September 2016, respectively.

The results of the summaries/assessments undertaken are available on my Department’s website at the link below:

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It is important to note that only the results of the 2013 and 2016 summaries are directly comparable with each other. These summaries were carried out using a standardised methodology as specified by the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011. Previous summaries were not carried out under the current standardised assessment regime for social housing support which came into effect on 1 April 2011.

In line with a commitment given in the Social Housing Strategy 2020 future summaries will now be carried out an annual basis. I expect the results of the 2017 summary to be available for publication in the latter half of this year.