Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of rent allowance in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13435/13]

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. There are currently over 87,000 recipients for which the Government has provided over €403 million in 2013. There are currently 2,493 recipients of rent supplement in County Louth.