Written answers
Thursday, 8 May 2008
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Departmental Schemes
5:00 pm
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 600: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of rent paid by each local authority to landlords under the rental accommodation scheme for each of the years since its inception; the number of tenancies covered by these payments in each local authority and in each year; the local authorities for which figures were unavailable in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17910/08]
John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The information requested for the years 2005-07 is set out in the following table.
| Table: Amount of rents and number of tenancies [private and voluntary sector] funded by local authorities through the Rental Accommodation Scheme 2005-2007. | ||||||
| County Councils (including Borough and Town Councils) | 2005 | 2005 | 2006 | 2006 | 2007 | 2007 |
| â'¬ | â'¬ | â'¬ | ||||
| Carlow | 15,643 | 28 | 171,516 | 46 | ||
| Cavan | 27,849 | 39 | 154,334 | 66 | ||
| Clare | 44 | 105,017 | 92 | 665,295 | 152 | |
| Cork county data included in Cork City data until 2007 | Included in | Included in | Included in | Included in | 585,927 | 315 |
| Donegal | 53 | 66,726 | 70 | 123,117 | 120 | |
| D/L Rathdown | 35,111 | 32 | 870,983 | 169 | ||
| Fingal | 53,750 | 17 | 733,730 | 100 | ||
| Galway | 17,775 | 77 | 78,573 | 133 | ||
| Kerry | 20,498 | 35 | 692,531 | 178 | ||
| Kildare | 0 | 0 | 355,377 | 136 | ||
| Kilkenny | 154,663 | 100 | 465,781 | 287 | ||
| Laois | 18,574 | 44 | 230,370 | 84 | ||
| Leitrim | 0 | 0 | 3,910 | 1 | ||
| Limerick | 3,063 | 124 | 376,366 | 177 | ||
| Longford | 21,105 | 32 | 380,212 | 93 | ||
| Louth | 2,539 | 15 | 95,154 | 40 | 433620 | 87 |
| Mayo | 17,265 | 95 | 472,006 | 273 | ||
| Meath | 20,510 | 25 | 78,170 | 51 | ||
| Monaghan | 35,127 | 34 | 161,069 | 81 | ||
| Nth Tipperary | 22,065 | 50 | 500,404 | 122 | ||
| Offaly | 6 | 58,760 | 51 | 285,638 | 85 | |
| Roscommon | 13,633 | 42 | 210,261 | 97 | ||
| Sligo | 9,817 | 81 | 187,501 | 115 | ||
| South Dublin | 6 | 953,129 | 168 | 2,755,215 | 342 | |
| Sth Tipperary | 68,828 | 43 | 250,664 | 112 | ||
| Waterford | 0 | 0 | 32,143 | 13 | ||
| Westmeath | 8 | 60,988 | 50 | 448,009 | 102 | |
| Wexford | 88,179 | 74 | 253,739 | 113 | ||
| Wicklow | 21,050 | 29 | 357,444 | 69 | ||
| City Councils | ||||||
| Cork City | 3,059 | 50 | 143,033 | 221 | 648,000 | 260 |
| Dublin | 46,859 | 219 | 1,680,152 | 669 | 5,786,192 | 985 |
| Galway | 13,747 | 62 | 537,189 | 180 | 1,951,604 | 354 |
| Limerick | 1,548 | 42 | 191,526 | 108 | 740,205 | 198 |
| Waterford | 236,570 | 183 | 613,119 | 240 | ||
| Totals | 67,752 | 505 | 4,792,749 | 2,833 | 22,053,025 | 5,756 |
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