Written answers

Wednesday, 20 April 2016

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Housing Assistance Payments Data

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for a detailed report on the numbers of landlords and property owners who have signed up under the housing assistance payment scheme, by local authority, in 2015 and 2016, in tabular form. [7766/16]

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is being introduced incrementally on a pilot basis to all local authority areas. The HAP scheme has been rolled out to all categories of households in 19 local authority areas. The Dublin Region Homelessness Executive (DRHE) is also managing a HAP Homeless Pilot for the four Dublin local authorities . The table below provides details of the households currently supported by HAP broken down by local authority.

My Department does not hold a detailed breakdown, by local authority, of landlords who are receiving payments relating to properties being rented by HAP households. However, I understand that there are almost 5,600 separate landlords currently receiving HAP payments through the HAP transactional shared service centre that is being provided by Limerick City and County Council.

Householdssupported by HAPby Local Authority(18/4/2016)

Carlow County Council
204
Clare County Council
468
Cork City Council
362
Cork County Council
1144
Donegal County Council
852
Dublin City Council
140
Dun Laoighaire Rathdown County Council
1
Fingal County Council
12
Galway City Council
25
Galway County Council
86
Kildare County Council
205
Kilkenny County Council
569
Limerick City & County Council
1174
Louth County Council
766
Mayo County Council
103
Meath County Council
92
Monaghan County Council
212
Offaly County Council
151
Sligo County Council
68
South Dublin County Council
790
Tipperary County Council
364
Waterford City & County Council
731
Grand Total
8,519

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