Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 910 RAS contracts signed in 2017 that were renewed contracts and new contracts, respectively, for existing RAS tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2968/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides funding to all local authorities to deliver additional social housing supports through a range of delivery options. Indicative outputs for 2017 were published on Monday, 15 January 2018 and are available on my Department’s website at the following link:

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Quarterly information relating to the number of transfer from Rent Supplement to the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) and related information is published on my Department's website at the following link:

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The estimated number of new transfers from Rent Supplement to RAS in 2017 is 910. Final delivery outputs are being validated and reconciled and will be published on my Department's website in the coming weeks. However, I can confirm that the indicative figure of 910 represents new transfers from Rent Supplement to RAS only and renewed contracts are not included in this figure.