Written answers
Tuesday, 12 December 2006
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Local Authority Housing
11:00 am
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local authorities who are now operating the rental accommodation scheme; the number of tenants who have been transferred to RAS for each local authority; the average cost per tenant to each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42586/06]
Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Nearly all housing authorities are now mobilised in relation to RAS and most have begun to transfer households to RAS. In some cases the County Council is managing the scheme for the County at large. A total of 2,648 households have been transferred to RAS. The number of cases transferred by each local authority; estimated average cost and monthly rent per tenant, based on available information, are detailed in the following table. A further 1,900 households who were recipients of Rent Supplement have been provided with local authority housing.
| Table: Number of tenants transferred to RAS, estimated average cost per tenant and estimated average monthly rent per tenant. | |||
| Local Authorities (Housing) | Preliminary Total transfers to end November | Average Cost per tenant in 2006 (to end October) | Estimated Average Cost per tenant per month |
| € | € | ||
| Carlow County Council | 28 | 344 | 194 |
| Cavan County Council | 39 | 879 | 238 |
| Clare County Council | 76 | 1,535 | 190 |
| Cork City Council | 215 | 1,509 | 139 |
| Donegal County Council | 65 | 1,790 | 111 |
| Dublin City Council | 650 | 2,587 | 478 |
| South Dublin County Council | 145 | 2,120 | 976 |
| Fingal County Council | 15 | 3,033 | 1,104 |
| Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 21 | 1,368 | 177 |
| Galway City Council | 175 | 2,361 | 421 |
| Galway County Council | 58 | 541 | 189 |
| Kerry County Council | 32 | 1,082 | 148 |
| Kilkenny County Council | 100 | 1,980 | 200 |
| Laois County Council | 43 | 782 | 178 |
| Limerick City Council | 103 | 2,040 | 324 |
| Limerick County Council | 103 | 201 | 202 |
| Longford County Council | 28 | 243 | 243 |
| Louth County Council | 34 | 3,002 | 333 |
| Mayo County Council | 68 | 264 | 168 |
| Meath County Council | 25 | 970 | 137 |
| Monaghan County Council | 34 | 1,828 | 208 |
| Offaly County Council | 49 | 1,014 | 267 |
| Roscommon County Council | 42 | 558 | 134 |
| N. Tipperary County Council | 44 | 261 | 228 |
| Sligo County Council | 81 | 523 | 523 |
| South Tipperary Co. Co. | 43 | 1,357 | 122 |
| Waterford City | 179 | 1,361 | 174 |
| Westmeath Co. Co. | 47 | 1,931 | 213 |
| Wexford County Council | 74 | 1,119 | 160 |
| Wicklow County Council | 32 | 986.00 | 213 |
| Total | 2,648 |
Question No. 165 answered with QuestionNo. 67.
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