Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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590. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of family units who are recipients of the housing assistance payment, HAP, within each local authority area and county by location within that authority or county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25092/16]

Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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675. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of family units who are recipients of the Rent Allowance within each local authority area and county by location within that authority or county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25092/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Some 13,000 households are currently being supported by the HAP scheme across the 19 local authority areas where the scheme is operational, including eligible homeless households under the Homeless HAP Pilot scheme managed by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE) for all four local authorities in the Dublin region. A summary of the household classes supported by the HAP scheme at Quarter 2 of this year is set out below:

- Single / Single Sharing - 34%

- Couple / Couple Sharing - 4%

- Lone Parent with Children - 37%

- Couple with Children - 25%

A breakdown of the number of households currently supported by the HAP scheme by local authority on 5 September 2016 is set out below.