Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Meath in receipt of rent supplement; and the number in each rate category and their place of residence. [49187/13]

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 approximately 81,000 rent supplement recipients for which the Government has provided over €403 million for 2013. There are currently 1,981 recipients of rent supplement in County Meath. Information on rate categories is not available. A breakdown of recipients by area is provided in the following tabular statement.

Rent Supplement recipients in County Meath by location (October 2013):