Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in receipt of the housing assistance payment and the rental accommodation scheme that were moved directly into social housing property for each county per annum since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24365/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) continue to be effective and secure forms of social housing support, and remain a significant part of the suite of social housing options currently available to those who are assessed as being in need of housing support.

While the Department does not hold information on the number of HAP or RAS tenancies that moved directly into social housing property, data is available in relation to the number of tenancies that moved from those schemes to other forms of social housing support.

The following table details the number of HAP tenancies that transferred to other forms of social housing, by local authority in the period 2016 - 2020:

Details in relation to the number of RAS tenancies that exited the RAS scheme and moved to any other form of social housing support in the period 2016 - 2019 are included in the table below. Data for 2020 is not currently available.