Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 January 2014
135. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount paid nationally by local authorities to private landlords under the rental accommodation scheme; and if he will list the amounts by each local authority area. [4516/14]
View answerSince the inception of the Rental Accommodation Scheme in 2004, expenditure up to the end of 2013 has totalled €643.2 million. The following table sets out the total annual expenditure from 2004 to 2013.
|
Year |
Annual Expenditure |
|
2004 |
€164,836 |
|
2005 |
€723,281 |
|
2006 |
€6,199,980 |
|
2007 |
€27,384,837 |
|
2008 |
€53,025,430 |
|
2009 |
€83,394,513 |
|
2010 |
€100,076,430 |
|
2011 |
€115,917,365 |
|
2012 |
€125,429,966 |
|
2013 |
€130,886,608 |
|
- |
€643,203,246 |
Recoupment made to local authorities under the RAS covers not only the contracted rents due to private landlords but also payments that are made to Voluntary Housing Bodies, administration costs, deposits on newly acquired accommodation, payments made in respect of additional units supplied under the Social Partnership Agreement Towards 2016 and up to very recently payments in respect of homeless persons.
My Department does not collect data on the amount directly paid by local authorities to private landlords nor does it have access to the amounts concerned by each local authority area.
