Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons that have been on the social housing waiting list in County Cavan in each of the past ten years; the number of persons that have been allocated a house by Cavan County Council in each of the past ten years; the average waiting time to be allocated a house by Cavan County Council in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24015/21]

Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the housing waiting lists in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24166/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 318, 337 and 340 together.

Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority administrative area are provided in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The SSHA has been conducted on an annual basis since 2016, prior to which it was carried out once every three years, with the last Summary under this approach having taken place in 2013.

The most recent summary, conducted in November 2020, shows that 61,880 households were assessed as qualified for and being in need of social housing support. This represents a decrease of 6,813 households or 9.9% on the last assessment in June 2019. Since 2016, the numbers have decreased from 91,600 to 61,880, a reduction of 32.4%.

Below is the link to the summary report for 2020 which includes breakdowns by each local authority, including for Counties Cavan and Mayo, across a range of categories.

In relation to the number of persons that have been allocated a house by Cavan County Council and the average waiting time to be allocated a house in each of the past ten years, information of this type is not held by my Department. However, details on the length of time spent on the record of qualified households (waiting lists) can be found at tables 2.8 and A1.8 of the report. It should be noted that the SSHA is a point in time snapshot of the demand for social housing support in each local authority area and does not necessarily reflect the dynamic nature of entry to and exit from the housing waiting lists.

2020 Report

www.gov.ie/en/publication/970ea-summary-of-social-housing-assessments-2020-key-findings/#:~:text=The%20Summary%20of%20Social%20Housing,is%20not%20currently%20being%20met.

It is important to note that only the results of the 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 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.

As there were no assessments carried out in 2012, 2014 or 2015 my Department does not have data for those years.

Below are links to the Housing Needs Assessment (HNA) for 2011 and SSHA reports for 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 which contain data broken down by local authority area.

Report 2019

Report 2018

Report 2017

Report 2016

Report 2013

HNA 2011