Written answers
Thursday, 26 November 2015
Department of Social Protection
Rent Supplement Scheme Data
Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount spent on rent supplement, by month, in 2014 and to date in 2015; the number of families in receipt of the supplement by county; the number of new applicants who have been provided with the supplement in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42157/15]
Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Rent supplement plays a vital role in housing families and individuals, with the scheme currently supporting approximately 63,000 people. A breakdown of rent supplement recipients on a county basis is provided in the tabular statement below. Over 17,200 rent supplement tenancies have been awarded this year, of which approximately 5,600 are in Dublin.
Over €298 million has been committed for rent supplement for 2015 - which represents a transfer of funding in excess of €20 million to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to support the new Housing Assistance Payment (HAP). Expenditure to date in 2015 is in excess of €260 million and a monthly breakdown of expenditure is provided in the attached tabular statement. Expenditure on the scheme for 2014 was some €338 million.
Rent supplement is a demand-led scheme and Government will continue to ensure that the necessary funding for the scheme is in place.
Table 1: Rent Supplement Recipients by County, End October 2015
County | Recipients |
---|---|
CARLOW | 1,014 |
CAVAN | 387 |
CLARE | 1,110 |
CORK | 7,013 |
DONEGAL | 1,409 |
DUBLIN | 24,097 |
GALWAY | 3,339 |
KERRY | 1,631 |
KILDARE | 3,489 |
KILKENNY | 590 |
LAOIS | 971 |
LEITRIM | 326 |
LIMERICK | 1,651 |
LONGFORD | 405 |
LOUTH | 1,571 |
MAYO | 1,546 |
MEATH | 1,538 |
MONAGHAN | 272 |
OFFALY | 871 |
ROSCOMMON | 624 |
SLIGO | 484 |
TIPPERARY | 1,763 |
WATERFORD | 1,008 |
WESTMEATH | 1,429 |
WEXFORD | 2,321 |
WICKLOW | 2,017 |
Total | 62,876 |
Table 2: Rent Supplement: Expenditure: January 2015 To Date
Month in 2015 | Cost €000 |
---|---|
January | 27,749 |
February | 25,734 |
March | 26,825 |
April | 26,881 |
May | 26,023 |
June | 25,444 |
July | 26,784 |
August | 24,623 |
September | 25,141 |
October | 25,637 |
Total | 260,841 |
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