Written answers

Wednesday, 20 February 2019

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual cost in 2017, 2018 and projected for 2019 of the housing assistance payment, HAP, the rental accommodation scheme, RAS, rent supplement and all other housing assistance payments to landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8484/19]

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The information requested in respect of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) Scheme and the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) is set out in the following table: 

YearHAP (€m) RAS  (€m)
2017152.69142.8
2018276.6 143.4
2019 (Allocated) 422 134.3

Rent Supplement falls within the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection.

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