Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the HAP payments being paid on a weekly basis by family dynamics and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16026/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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At the end of Quarter 4 2019, there were more than 52,500 households having their housing needs met via HAP and over 30,000 landlords and agents in receipt of HAP payments.

Under the HAP scheme, tenants source their own accommodation in the private rented market. The accommodation sourced by tenants should be within the prescribed maximum HAP rent limits, which are based on household size and the rental market within the area concerned. The list of HAP rent limits for each local authority are available on the Irish Statute Book website at:

A summary of the proportion of household types supported by the HAP scheme at end Q4 2019 is set out below:

- Single / Single Sharing - 28%

- Couple / Couple Sharing - 4%

- Lone Parent with Children - 42%

- Couple with Children - 26%

Details of the number of active tenancies and the average monthly landlord payment by local authority area at the end of Q4 2019 are set out in the table below.

* Average monthly landlord payments for tenancies set up by the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive on behalf of the four Dublin local authorities are recorded against the individual local authority.