Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of houses that were made available to local authority housing applicants by county in each of the past two years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22613/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The oversight and practical management of housing waiting lists, including the allocation and transfer of tenancies, is solely a matter for the relevant local authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, and associated regulations. 

My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity, including details by individual local authority. This data is available to the end of 2021, and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/ 

My Department does not hold details on the total number of houses that were made available for allocation by local authorities over the past two years. 

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants for local authority houses by county at present; the extent to which this number has fluctuated in the course of the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22614/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is not held in my Department.

The assessment and management of social housing applications are matters for each local authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations.

Detail on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority administrative area is published by my Department in the annual statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA).See below for links to the 2020 and 2021 summaries.

SSHA 2021

www.gov.ie/en/publication/f6119-summary-of-social-housing-assessments-2021-key-findings/

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

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which it is expected to address the large numbers of applicants for local authority houses currently on waiting lists over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22615/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Housing for All strategy is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade, including an average of 10,000 social homes per annum from 2022-2030. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4b per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5bn in funding through the Land Development Agency and €5bn in funding through the Housing Finance Agency.

Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes and 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing in the period 2022-2026. This includes a target to deliver 28,400 new build social homes and 2,200 homes delivered through long-term leasing from 2022-2024. I have issued social housing targets to each local authority for the period 2022-2026.

Additional funding will also be provided to support households on social housing waiting lists to secure a tenancy, supported by the Housing Assistance Payment, while we increase the supply of housing stock managed by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies.