The housing list for South Dublin County Council has risen by over 30% in the last year.

The list has increased from 5,562 households in September 2016 to 8,181 households in September 2018.

Sinn Fein Dublin Mid West TD Eoin Ó Broin described the situation as "deeply worrying".

He said: "In a report supplied to elected representatives this month South Dublin County Council have confirmed that the current housing list has increased to 8,181 households as of the end of September. This is a dramatic 32% increase in just 12 months. Some of these households were on the list before last September and were wrongly removed and then returned. However clearly there is a growing level of need in South Dublin.

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"The Councils current social housing build and buy programme is nowhere enough to meet this growing demand. At present the Council only has plans to build an additional 352 units across the County up to 2019. There is also a small amount of house purchasing under way. Approved Housing Bodies are also active in the County but again their level of activity is limited.

"South Dublin County Council must urgently review their social housing building targets and bring forward planning permissions across the County to meet this demand."

(CD/LM)