Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households currently on the social housing list in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the number of households on the social housing transfer list in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48755/25]

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 www.gov.ie/en/collection/62486-summary-of-social-housing-assessments/.

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. Therefore, my Department does not hold the data requested on transfer lists, which is available from local authorities directly.

Details of households qualified for social housing support by local authority, including Sligo and Leitrim are included in tables 1.1 in the reports.