Eamonn Maloney (Dublin South West, Labour)
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45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form, the number of recipients of rent supplement in each county. [3118/15]

Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The rent supplement scheme provides 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 71,500 rent supplement recipients for which the Government has provided over €298 million for 2015. Rent supplement recipients by county are provided in the attached tabular statement.

Tabular Statement:Rent Supplement Recipients by County, End December 2014