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Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Department of Social Protection

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Photo of Aodhán Ó RíordáinAodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin North Central, Labour)
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93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of persons currently in receipt of rent allowance broken down by county. [27427/14]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Government has provided over €344 million for the rent supplement scheme in 2014, the purpose of which is to provide short-term income support to assist with reasonable accommodation costs of eligible people living in private rented accommodation who are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources. There are currently approximately 76,000 customers in receipt of rent supplement. The tabular statement provides the detail of the number of recipients on a county basis at the end of May 2014.

Tabular Statement - Rent Supplement Recipients by County – May 2014

CountyRecipients
CARLOW1,088
CAVAN424
CLARE1,464
CORK8,736
DONEGAL1,948
DUBLIN28,431
GALWAY3,794
KERRY1,845
KILDARE3,842
KILKENNY1,204
LAOIS1,037
LEITRIM344
LIMERICK2,830
LONGFORD465
LOUTH2,361
MAYO1,723
MEATH1,855
MONAGHAN375
OFFALY1,085
ROSCOMMON711
SLIGO485
TIPPERARY2,019
WATERFORD1,484
WESTMEATH1,540
WEXFORD2,920
WICKLOW2,227
Total76,237

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