Keira Keogh (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the exact number of persons on the social housing list in the electoral area in Mayo; the way the waiting list is devised, specifically the way an applicant is assigned their position on the social housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6899/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority administrative area is provided in the annual statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The most recently published summary for all counties, conducted in November 2023, is available on my Department's website at

The report shows that there were 967 households qualified for social housing in Mayo County Council whose need was unmet in 2023. The SSHA 2024 is currently being finalised and I expect to publish the summary report before the end of Q1.

The oversight and management of the lists of qualified households awaiting accommodation, including the allocation and transfer of tenancies, is a matter for the relevant local authority in accordance with Sections 20 and 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and associated Social Housing Assessment and Allocation Regulations, respectively.