Written answers

Tuesday, 14 November 2017

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Photo of John BradyJohn Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households availing of rent supplement in County Donegal in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [47944/17]

Photo of Regina DohertyRegina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the table.

The Deputy may be aware the strategic policy direction of my Department is to return rent supplement to its original purpose of being a short-term income support following the nationwide roll-out of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme. This measure, aligned with the overall improvement in the economy, has significantly reduced the number rent supplement cases in payment. HAP was introduced in Donegal in May 2015 and there are currently some 1,600 HAP recipients of which over 600 are direct transfers from long term rent supplement.

The Deputy may be aware the strategic policy direction of the Department is to return rent supplement to its original purpose of being a short-term income support following the nationwide roll-out of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme. This measure, aligned with the overall improvement in the economy, has significantly reduced the number rent supplement cases in payment. HAP was introduced in Donegal in May 2015 and there are currently some 1,600 HAP recipients of which over 600 are direct transfers from long term rent supplement.

Recipients of Rent Supplement in County Donegal at end December 2010 to October 2017

YearRecipients
October 2017164
December 2016383
December 20151,113
December 20141,710
December 20132,047
December 20122,411
December 20112,977
December 20103,194

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