Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons 23 years of age and younger in receipt of rent allowance from her Department for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5725/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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There are currently approximately 79,000 rent supplement recipients for which the Government has provided over €344 million for 2014.

Statistics are not available on the number of persons 23 years of age and younger in receipt of rent supplement for each of the past five years. The rent supplement age statistics that are available profiles recipients’ age subtotalled for every 5 years for those over 20 years of age. The following tabular statement providing this data in respect of customers aged under 20 to 30 years for the period from 2009 to 2013.