Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 April 2013
388. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council's rental accommodation scheme will have a shortfall of more than €1.5 million, thus potentially adding to the crisis being caused by landlords exiting the scheme. [19748/13]
View answerThere is no shortfall in the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) funding for 2013 to Dublin City Council or indeed to any other housing authority.
Funding for the scheme is provided by a transfer of monies from the Department of Social Protection’s Vote to the Vote of my Department. Monies are provided on an Exchequer neutral basis to meet the costs of persons transferring from the Supplementary Welfare Allowance Rent Supplement Scheme to the RAS. The amount allocated for 2013 is €150 million, up €15 million from 2012. Dublin City Council has confirmed to my Department that it is continuing to source suitable properties to include in the RAS scheme at the same pace as in 2012.
