Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Since the inception of the Rental Accommodation Scheme in 2004 , expenditure up to the end of 2013 has totalled €643.2 million. Th e following table sets out the total annual expenditure from 2004 to 2013.

Year	Annual Expenditure
2004	€164,836
2005	€723,281
2006	€6,199,980
2007	€27,384,837
2008	€53,025,430
2009	€83,394,513
2010	€100,076,430
2011	€115,917,365
2012	€125,429,966
2013	€130,886,608
-	€643,203,246

Recoupment made to local authorities under the RAS covers not only the contracted rents due to private landlords but also payments that are made to Voluntary Housing Bodies, administration costs, deposits on newly acquired accommodation, payments made in respect of additional units supplied under the Social Partnership Agreement Towards 2016 and up to very recently payments in respect of homeless persons. My Department does not collect data on the amount directly paid by local authorities to private landlords nor does it have access to the amounts concerned by each local authority area.