New figures show the number of people on social housing lists nationwide is 45% higher than previously claimed.
Data obtained by Fianna Fáil shows a total of 130,000 people are on housing lists nationwide.
The figures were obtained under Freedom of Information requests to each county council - and show the lists are 45% higher than the national figure published by the Department of the Environment.
Fianna Fáil's Barry Cowen says the previous figures have been misleading people about the depths of the housing crisis:
