Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independents 4 Change)
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132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have made applications to in the form of rent supplement or supplementary welfare allowance or exceptional needs payments from 1 May 2021 to 30 April 2022 from the Intreo Offices in Cork Street and Bishop Square, Dublin 8. [24503/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The supplementary welfare allowance scheme is the safety net within the overall social welfare system in that it provides assistance to eligible people in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their needs and those of their dependents. Supports provided under the scheme can consist of a basic weekly payment, a weekly or monthly supplement in respect of certain expenses, as well as single exceptional needs payments and urgent needs payments.

My Department is currently compiling more extensive statistics in relation the number of applications made to the Supplementary Welfare Allowance schemes.

There were 2,692 Essential Needs and Urgent Needs Payment issued between 1st May 2021 to 30th April 2022 in Cork Street and Bishop Square Intreo Centres.

The were 516 Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance recipients at end of April 2021 and 655 recipients at end of April 2022 in Cork Street and Bishop Square Intreo Centres.

The were 162 other SWA supplement payments, excluding Rent Supplement, recipients at end of April 2021 and 156 recipients at end of April 2022 in Cork Street and Bishop Square Intreo Centres.

Rent Supplement claims for the area are processed in a Dublin Central Rents Supplement Unit, which covers a wider area within Dublin and Kildare.

The were 3,055 Rent Supplement recipients at end of April 2021 and 4,636 recipients at end of April 2022 administered by the Dublin Central Rents Unit.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.