Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on housing waiting lists in each of the years 2014 to 2017, by local authority and by household size, that is, the number of bedrooms required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46529/18]

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 provided in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The most recently conducted SSHA, carried out in June 2018, details the number of households on all local authority waiting lists as at 11 June 2018 (the count date).

The SSHA has been conducted on an annual basis since 2016 prior to which it was carried out on a tri-annual basis with the last of the tri-annual exercises being conducted in 2013. My Department does not hold records for 2014 or 2015 as requested by the Deputy.

It should be noted that the SSHA is a point in time exercise and does not necessarily reflect the dynamic nature of entry to and exit from the list. The relevant reports for 2016 and 2017 are set out in the following links. Also included is the most up to date report, which was published in September 2018.

2016 Report:

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2017 Report:

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2018 Report:

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The SSHA captures details of household composition and can be found in Table A1.4 in these reports. It should be noted that the allocation of social housing support is a matter for the relevant local authority, in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, and associated regulations. Section 22 of the 2009 Act requires all local authorities, as a reserved function, to make an allocation scheme determining the order of priority to be accorded in the allocation of dwellings to households qualified for social housing support, the allocation of which would, in the opinion of the authority, meet the accommodation needs and requirements of the households.

The manner in which the allocation process is managed is a matter for the relevant local authority concerned.