Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in County Kerry in receipt of rent allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52486/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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At the end of October there were 25,654 recipients of Rent Supplement nationally, of whom 825 were resident in Kerry.

At the same time, there were 71 recipients of a Rent Allowance payment nationally. This is an allowance payable to tenants of certain dwellings affected by the de-control of rents on 26 July 1982. I regret that a breakdown of this figure by county is not available.