John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to state whether his Department centrally monitors the number of tenants of local authorities or approved housing bodies who are in arrears of rent, and the total amount due in arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41184/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department does not hold information in relation to the numbers of tenants of local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies who are in rent arrears. This information may be sought from the local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies directly.

Details of the total rent collected by local authorities and the levels of arrears are contained in the annual local authority Audit Reports prepared by the Local Government Audit Service and published by my Department. The 2022 Audit Reports have not yet been published and the most recent reports, for 2021, can be found at the following link:

www.gov.ie/en/collection/902ac-audit-reports-2021/

John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to state or estimate the number of housing units in the State in each year from 2010 to date. [41185/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Data on the total housing stock in the State are gathered by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) as part of the Census.

Total housing stock per the last four Censuses is as follows:

• 2006 - 1,769,613
• 2011 - 1,994,845
• 2016 - 2,003,645
• 2022 - 2,112,121