Mortgage interest supplement (MIS) provides short-term income support to eligible people who are unable to meet their mortgage interest repayments in respect of a house which is their sole place of residence. There are approximately 16,000 mortgage interest supplement recipients for which the Government has provided €51 million for in 2012.
Statistics are not available on the number of mortgage interest supplement claims received for the past 3 years and to date in 2012 or the outcome of those applications. However, I have set out below a tabular statement showing the number of mortgage interest supplement claims awarded in each of the past 3 years and to date in 2012.
I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that there are 2,226 supplementary allowance appeals pending at this time. Statistics in respect of mortgage interest supplement, as distinct from overall supplementary allowance appeals in general, are not maintained until the issue under appeal is decided by an Appeals Officer. I have set out below a tabular statement showing outcomes of appeals made in the past 3 years and for the ten months ending October 2012 to the Social Welfare Appeals Office for Mortgage Interest Supplement.
TABULAR STATEMENT
Details of claims awarded in 2009 to 2012
Year
|
Mortgage Interest Supplement
|
2009
|
13,724
|
2010
|
11,321
|
2011
|
10,106
|
2012 (1)
|
4,838
|
|
|
(1) To 2 November 2012
Outcome of Mortgage Interest Supplement Appeals 2009-October 2012
Mortgage Interest Supplement Appeals
Year
|
Allowed
|
Partially Allowed
|
Disallowed
|
Total
|
2009
|
26
|
15
|
112
|
153
|
2010
|
26
|
10
|
104
|
140
|
*2011
|
37
|
15
|
282
|
334
|
*2012 ( to 31.10.2012)
|
148
|
18
|
636
|
802
|
* Due to the integration of the Community Welfare Service Appeals into Social Welfare Appeals Office on 1 October 2011, Mortgage Interest Supplement Appeals are made directly to the Social Welfare Appeals Office from that date.