Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposed or completed roll-out of the housing assistance payment in each local authority by county and date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4166/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The implementation of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is a key Government priority and the accelerated roll-out of the scheme on a national basis was an important early action for completion under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness.

HAP was rolled out in 4 waves between September 2014 and March 2017. The nationwide roll-out of the scheme was completed with its introduction, on 1 March 2017, to the administrative areas of Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. This means that eligible households in all 31 local authorities can now avail of the HAP scheme.

HAP provides fast, flexible housing support to households in an area of their choice and is actively meeting the social housing needs of over 32,000 individuals and families.

The table provides the relevant rollout dates on a Local Authority basis: