Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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240. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of rental accommodation scheme tenants by county; the average rent paid to landlords per month under the RAS scheme by county; the number of RAS contracts by county that are due to expire in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48663/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) is a targeted scheme catering for the accommodation needs of persons in receipt of Rent Supplement from the Department of Social Protection, generally for more than 18 months, and who are assessed as having a long-term housing need. My Department does not hold information on the numbers in RAS at any given time. The numbers in RAS fluctuate as, inter alia, contracts end, tenants move on and landlords withdraw. From its inception in 2004 up to the end of September 2014, a total of 50,684 households have been transferred by local authorities from Rent Supplement. Of these, 29,924 were housed directly under the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) and a further 20,760 were accommodated under other social housing options. The table below sets out the position in relation to the numbers transferred broken down by authority as at end September 2014.

Cumulative to End Sept 2014