Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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1709. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the housing list in each local authority in each of the years 2011 to 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36546/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority area are available from the results of the summaries of social housing assessments (formerly housing needs assessments) undertaken in 2011, 2013 and 2016. The most recent statutory summary of social housing assessments, carried out in 2016, details the number of households on all local authority waiting lists as at 21 September 2016.

The results are available on my Department’s website at the link and include breakdowns by each local authority across a range of categories:

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 are now being carried out an annual basis. Work is underway on the 2017 Summary and I expect the results to be available for publication later in the year.