Written answers
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Department of Social Protection
Mortgage Interest Supplement Payments
9:00 pm
Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for mortgage interest supplement in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 on a county breakdown and a breakdown by Dublin post code. [20808/12]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Department does not maintain statistics on the number of mortgage interest supplement applications received.
However, the number of mortgage interest supplement recipients at the end of each year for the period in question is provided in the attached tabular statement. Statistics are not available on the number of recipients by Dublin postal code.
Mortgage Interest Supplement Recipients by County
2007 to End March 2012
County | Mar-12 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
Carlow | 393 | 432 | 414 | 352 | 184 | 87 |
Cavan | 501 | 519 | 470 | 453 | 262 | 92 |
Clare | 304 | 323 | 359 | 276 | 170 | 78 |
Cork | 1,555 | 1,726 | 1,755 | 1,497 | 871 | 533 |
Donegal | 395 | 434 | 368 | 309 | 177 | 97 |
Dublin | 4,514 | 4,665 | 4,332 | 3,855 | 2,257 | 1,295 |
Galway | 641 | 681 | 683 | 645 | 364 | 171 |
Kerry | 223 | 239 | 245 | 192 | 160 | 90 |
Kildare | 1,319 | 1,417 | 1,365 | 1,115 | 514 | 222 |
Kilkenny | 444 | 439 | 450 | 385 | 160 | 86 |
Laois | 289 | 288 | 253 | 150 | 64 | 35 |
Leitrim | 69 | 66 | 53 | 50 | 13 | 9 |
Limerick | 661 | 676 | 647 | 551 | 298 | 149 |
Longford | 99 | 112 | 117 | 82 | 28 | 13 |
Louth | 465 | 475 | 419 | 346 | 147 | 75 |
Mayo | 677 | 695 | 700 | 594 | 308 | 168 |
Meath | 1,443 | 1,491 | 1,333 | 998 | 438 | 169 |
Monaghan | 208 | 202 | 182 | 143 | 78 | 38 |
Offaly | 307 | 304 | 241 | 145 | 56 | 22 |
Roscommon | 339 | 342 | 306 | 263 | 143 | 62 |
Sligo | 54 | 57 | 50 | 48 | 28 | 12 |
Tipperary | 617 | 646 | 605 | 484 | 267 | 147 |
Waterford | 500 | 525 | 498 | 438 | 229 | 91 |
Westmeath | 213 | 232 | 227 | 189 | 101 | 36 |
Wexford | 1,243 | 1,326 | 1,271 | 986 | 453 | 178 |
Wicklow | 644 | 676 | 631 | 555 | 321 | 156 |
Total | 18,117 | 18,988 | 17,974 | 15,101 | 8,091 | 4,111 |
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