Mr. John McCarthy:

The HAP scheme was piloted in 2014 and has been rolled out progressively over the past few years. It has been available in all local authorities since 1 March 2017 so it has been in operation nationally for one year. As the cost has increased in parallel with that phased roll-out, in 2016, the outturn for HAP was €57.7 million while in 2017, it was just under €153 million.