Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in receipt of rent supplement. [15635/23]

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 supporting 9,303 active recipients at the end of February 2023.

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.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.