Patrick Nulty
Question:264 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of mortgage interest supplement. [33983/11]
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Questions (252, 253, 254, 255)
Patrick Nulty
Question:265 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of rent supplement; and the number of same who have been on rent supplement for 18 months or longer. [33984/11]
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Question:266 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent on the provision of yearly rent supplement payments in 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011. [33985/11]
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Question:267 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of rent supplement in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011. [33986/11]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 to 267, inclusive, together.
The community welfare service (CWS) and the community welfare officers providing it transferred formally to the Department of Social Protection (DSP) from 1 October 2011. The service and the staff are now part of the DSP.
There are currently 18,741 recipients of mortgage interest supplement and there are currently 95,904 recipients of rent supplement of which 51,400 are in receipt of the supplement for 18 months or more. The following tabular statement sets out the number of recipients and expenditure on rent supplement from 2008 to 2011.
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Number of Recipients and Expenditure on Rent Supplement, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 |
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Recipients |
Expenditure |
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€000 |
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2008 |
74,038 |
440,548 |
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2009 |
93,030 |
510,751 |
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2010 |
97,260 |
516,861 |
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2011* |
95,904 |
417,454 |
*— Recipients at 4 November 2011 and Expenditure to October 2011