Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to parliamentary question Numbers 407 and 414 of 27 September 2016, if he will provide the number of landlords providing between four and ten lettings; the number of landlords providing between 11 and 20 lettings; the number of landlords providing between 21 and 30 lettings; the number of landlords providing between 31 and 40 lettings; and the number of landlords providing between 41 and 50 lettings, in tabular form. [29066/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The rent supplement scheme is currently supporting some 50,700 recipients for which the Government has provided €267 million for in 2016.

Under the legislative provisions governing rent supplement, the Department’s relationship is with the tenant and there is no direct relationship between the landlord and the Department in the administration of the scheme.

The most recent analysis, undertaken in June 2016, shows that there are approximately 39,200 landlords providing accommodation to rent supplement customers, summary details are as follows;

- 32,600 landlords, 83% of total landlords, have only one property let under the scheme;

- 5,100 landlords, 13% of total landlords, have either two or three properties let under the scheme,

- 1,500 landlords, 4% of total landlords, provide four or more lettings under the scheme. Of this total, there are approximately 200 landlords with more than ten properties let under on the scheme.

The detailed information requested in relation to landlord numbers and multiple lettings under the scheme is provided in the table.

Landlords with multiple lettings under the Rent Supplement Scheme – June 2016.