Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 196: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of households supported through the rental accommodation scheme. [36658/08]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 197: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of the households supported through the rental accommodation scheme that have remained in the same property since becoming part of the rental accommodation scheme. [36659/08]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 196 and 197 together.

To date over 15,800 households eligible for the Rental accommodation Scheme (RAS) have been transferred from rent supplement to accommodation provided by local authorities, either to RAS directly or to some other type of social housing. Of the 15,800 transfers to date, 8,313 of these households were accommodated directly under the RAS in either private rented or voluntary accommodation.

In terms of the households who transferred directly to RAS accommodation, 5,991 of these households transferred to the scheme in their existing accommodation.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 198: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of the households supported through the rental accommodation scheme that were in emergency or transitional accommodation before being included in the rental accommodation scheme. [36660/08]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 199: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average cost to the State per week for a household supported through the rental accommodation scheme broken down by unit size including one bed, two bed and three bed units. [36661/08]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Based on figures supplied to my Department by local authorities at the end of 2007, the average weekly Rental Accommodation Scheme costs are as follows:

Tenants under the Rental Accommodation Scheme pay a contribution towards the rental costs in line with each local authority's differential rents scheme.