Written answers
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Departmental Schemes
Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of housing assistance payment paid to investment corporations since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27695/21]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department does not hold data on the amount of Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) paid to investment corporations.
At end Q4 2020 there were nearly 60,000 households in receipt of HAP and over 33,520 separate landlords and agents providing accommodation to households supported by the scheme.
The overall cost to the Exchequer of supporting the HAP Scheme, for the period since the scheme's inception in 2014 to 2020, is outlined in the table below:
| Year | Additional Households supported at end of year | No. of LAs operating HAP Scheme | Outturn €M |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 485 | 7 | 0.39 |
| 2015 | 5,680 | 18 | 15.64 |
| 2016 | 12,075 | 28 | 57.69 |
| 2017 | 17,916 | 31 | 152.69 |
| 2018 | 17,926 | 31 | 276.6 |
| 2019 | 17,025 | 31 | 382.4 |
| 2020 | 15,885 | 31 | 464.6 |
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