Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households in receipt of HAP in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3267/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is a flexible and immediate housing support that is available to all eligible households throughout the State. At end Q3 2022, over 106,700 HAP tenancies have been set-up since the scheme commenced, with almost 59,700 active tenancies being supported under the HAP Scheme. Over 31,890 landlords or agents were providing accommodation to households supported by the scheme.

At end Q3 2022, there were 1,229 active HAP tenancies in Co. Clare.

The HAP scheme continues to be an effective and secure form of social housing support and remains part of the suite of social housing options currently available across the country.

Housing for All is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of new homes to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. This includes the delivery of 90,000 social homes, 36,000 affordable purchase homes and 18,000 cost rental homes. As new build supply of social and affordable housing ramps up, there will be reducing reliance on the HAP scheme.