Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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Question 317: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details in relation to the number of Department of Social Protection clients who are in receipt of rent assistance in Counties Louth and Meath; the number of landlords in receipt of payments in both countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3375/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term support, to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. At the end of 2011, there were 2,734 households in Co Louth and 2,723 households in Co Meath in receipt of rent supplement. Statistics are not available on the number of landlords with rent supplement tenants in each county.