🚨 New figures reveal a dramatic change in Dublin’s social housing waiting list.
Of 15,005 households waiting:
8,706 are Irish = 58%
6,299 are non-Irish = 42%
Somali households alone account for 1,320 applicants = 8.8% of the entire list.
The non-Irish share of accepted housing offers rose from 21.8% in 2023 to 32.9% in 2025. Approved Housing Bodies now provide almost 63% of all accepted offers.
Yet Dublin City Council admits it does not monitor allocation outcomes or waiting times by nationality.
It cannot tell us who waits longest, who refuses offers, why AHB nominations fail, or properly explain these enormous demographic changes.
A housing system distributing thousands of homes should not operate without transparent data.