Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 310: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the schedule including deliverables and timeframes for 2006, 2007 and 2008 for the completion of the RAS scheme; the number of recipients of rent supplement he expects to be accommodated by the RAS scheme for each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and the number of rent supplement recipients who have been accommodated under the scheme to date. [18666/06]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Government has set the end of 2008 as the target to complete the initial implementation of RAS in all local authority areas. Currently twenty housing authorities, representing about 80% of the transferable cases are operating RAS. All authorities are due to commence operation from mid-2006.

The provisional targets for transfer of households on rent supplement with long-term housing need to RAS are 5,000 by the end of 2006, with a further 5,000 in 2007 and 2008. In addition, other households on rent supplement will be provided with local authority housing. Over 1,000 households on rent supplement have been transferred to RAS since the initial transfers commenced in September 2005. Over 420 additional households from this group have been provided with local authority housing.