Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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1563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP recipients in each county in 2017; the value paid to landlords by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15814/18]

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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1564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contributions paid by tenants in County Tipperary who are part of the HAP scheme in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15815/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1563 and 1564 together.

The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme was initially implemented, on a statutory phased pilot basis, in September 2014, and rolled out across local authorities incrementally over the last number of years. HAP became a national scheme on 1 March 2017.

The following table reflects the number of HAP tenancies set up and the annualised cost of the average monthly rent paid to landlords under HAP for all local authorities at the end of 2017. The HAP scheme is funded through a combination of Exchequer monies and tenant differential rents collected in respect of HAP tenancies. In relation to the Deputy's specific query regarding contributions paid by tenants in County Tipperary that are part of the HAP scheme, the average weekly differential rent for Tipperary County Council at the end of 2017 was €33.22.