Charlie O'Connor
Question:354 Deputy Charlie O’Connor asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount paid out by the State in 2009 on rent supplements. [10121/10]
View answerTuesday, 2 March 2010
Questions (310, 311)
Written answers
The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term 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.
As at December 2009, 92,300 people were in receipt of rent supplement. The total paid out by the State in 2009 on rent supplement, for year ending December 2009, was €511m.
Charlie O'Connor
Question:355 Deputy Charlie O’Connor asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount provided by the State in 2009 in respect of lone parents payments. [10122/10]
View answerThe expenditure on lone parents schemes administered by the Department for 2009 was as follows:
|
Funding source |
Scheme |
€000 |
|
Vote 38 |
One Parent Family Payment |
1,117,840 |
|
Deserted Wives Allowance |
5,978 |
|
|
Social Insurance Fund |
Deserted Wives Benefit |
100,494 |
The figures shown are provisional pending completion of audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
Other supports available to lone parents include rent supplement, family income supplement, fuel allowance and reduced rate on illness benefit, jobseeker's benefit or occupational injuries benefit.