Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of recipients of rent supplement in the estates in an area (details supplied). [47929/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Rent supplement continues to play a key role in supporting families and individuals in private rented accommodation, with the scheme providing support to 10,423 recipients at the end of August 2022.

The scheme provides short-term income support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source.  The scheme ensures that those who were renting, but whose circumstances have changed due to temporary loss of employment or income, can continue to meet their rental commitments. 

Information on the percentage of rent supplement recipients by estates is not collated.

Information on the number of rent supplement recipients can be provided by county. 

Table 1 shows rent supplement recipients by county at end of August 2022.

Table 1 - Rent supplement recipients by county at end of August 2022

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.