Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 July 2012
282 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the amount of funding provided in respect of rent supplement for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33611/12]
View answerThe purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide 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 aim is to provide short term assistance, and not to act as an alternative to the other social housing schemes operated by the Exchequer. There are approximately 92,000 persons in receipt of rent supplement for which the Government has provided a sum of €436 million for 2012.
Details of the expenditure on rent supplement for the years 2008 to 2012 are provided in the following tabular statement:
|
Year |
Expenditure €000 |
|
2008 |
440,548 |
|
2009 |
510,751 |
|
2010 |
516,538 |
|
2011 |
502,748(1) |
|
2012 |
436,001(2) |
