Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the amount paid to private landlords through rent allowance for the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; broken down by local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19935/13]

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 and not to act as an alternative to the other social housing schemes operated by the Exchequer. There are currently over 86,000 rent supplement recipients for which the Government has provided over €403 million for 2013. The total spend on rent supplement for the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and the estimate for 2013 are provided in the following tabular statement. Details of the number of recipients of rent supplement by county at the end of 2010, 2011, 2012 and end March 2013 are also provided in the tabular statement.

Tabular Statement

Tabular Statement

Number of Rent Supplement Recipients by County, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, (End March)