Written answers

Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Department of Social Protection

Social Welfare Benefits

9:00 pm

Photo of Patrick NultyPatrick Nulty (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 264: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of mortgage interest supplement. [33983/11]

Photo of Patrick NultyPatrick Nulty (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of rent supplement; and the number of same who have been on rent supplement for 18 months or longer. [33984/11]

Photo of Patrick NultyPatrick Nulty (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent on the provision of yearly rent supplement payments in 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011. [33985/11]

Photo of Patrick NultyPatrick Nulty (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of rent supplement in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011. [33986/11]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 to 267, inclusive, together.

The community welfare service (CWS) and the community welfare officers providing it transferred formally to the Department of Social Protection (DSP) from 1 October 2011. The service and the staff are now part of the DSP.

There are currently 18,741 recipients of mortgage interest supplement and there are currently 95,904 recipients of rent supplement of which 51,400 are in receipt of the supplement for 18 months or more. The following tabular statement sets out the number of recipients and expenditure on rent supplement from 2008 to 2011.

TABULAR STATEMENT Number of Recipients and Expenditure on Rent Supplement, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011

RecipientsExpenditure
€000
200874,038440,548
200993,030510,751
201097,260516,861
2011*95,904417,454

* - Recipients at 4 November 2011 and Expenditure to October 2011

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