Sinn Féin Councillor Aoife Masterson says the figures are among the highest ever recorded.
Housing waiting lists across the Midlands continue to rise, with concerns mounting over the growing demand for social housing.
Sinn Féin Councillor Aoife Masterson says the figures are among the highest ever recorded, pointing to population growth and a lack of available housing as key contributing factors.
She also believes government reforms to rental policies are adding to the housing shortage.
Offaly County Council recently confirmed that it expects to have delivered 1,227 homes across the county by the end of the year.
A total of 145 housing allocations have been completed to date, with up to 40 more expected to be finalised by the new year.
However, Councillor Masterson argues that the housing targets set by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael remain too low to address the scale of demand across the Midlands.
She says current government targets will not be sufficient to clear Offaly's housing waiting list by 2030.
Councillor Masterson also warned that, even if no new applicants were added to the list, it would still take more than four years to meet existing demand.
She believes greater ambition is needed to ensure housing delivery keeps pace with population growth and provides homes for those currently waiting:
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