Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 December 2013
167. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid in rent supplement to recipients in the areas of Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8, respectively, in each year from 2011 to date in 2013; and the number of recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54813/13]
View answerThe 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. The overall 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 currently approximately 80,000 persons in receipt of rent supplement for which the Government has provided €403 million in 2013.
Statistics are not available on the amount of rent supplement paid or the number of rent supplement recipients resident in Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8 in each year from 2011 to date in 2013. The following tabular statement provides details of the number of rent supplement recipients in County Dublin.
Number of rent supplement recipients in County Dublin
|
Period |
Number of Recipients |
|
December 2011 |
34,423 |
|
December 2012 |
32,584 |
|
November 2013 |
29,653 |
