Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the social housing waiting lists for Kerry in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40083/25]

Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the average duration spent on a social housing waiting list in Kerry in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40084/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 145 and 146 together.

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 2024, is available on my Department's website, along with all summaries since 2011 at

The key figure reported in the SSHA is referred to as ‘net need’. Net need is the total number of households qualified for social housing support whose need for support is not being met. This total excludes duplicate applications, those in receipt of social housing support and households on a transfer list.

While the average waiting time per local authority list is not captured, details on the length of time spent on the respective lists of each local authority are included in tables 2.8 and A1.8 in the report.

Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people on the housing waiting list; the number of those in receipt of social housing supports, by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40085/25]

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 2024, is available on my Department's website at

The 2024 Summary shows that there were 59,941 households qualified for social housing whose need had not yet been met nationally. The key figure reported in the SSHA is referred to as ‘net need’. Net need is the total number of households qualified for social housing support whose need for support is not being met. This total excludes duplicate applications, those in receipt of social housing support and households on a transfer list.

Separately, data published on my Department's website indicates there were 52,657 active tenancies under the Housing Assistance Payment and there were 16,211 active tenancies under the Rental Accommodation Scheme at the end of Q1 2025, see following link for further details -

Data of households currently living in local authority rented accommodation, Approved Housing Body accommodation, or accommodation provided under the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme schemes is not available.