Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 December 2014
240. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of rental accommodation scheme tenants by county; the average rent paid to landlords per month under the RAS scheme by county; the number of RAS contracts by county that are due to expire in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48663/14]
View answerThe Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) is a targeted scheme catering for the accommodation needs of persons in receipt of Rent Supplement from the Department of Social Protection, generally for more than 18 months, and who are assessed as having a long-term housing need. My Department does not hold information on the numbers in RAS at any given time. The numbers in RAS fluctuate as, inter alia, contracts end, tenants move on and landlords withdraw. From its inception in 2004 up to the end of September 2014, a total of 50,684 households have been transferred by local authorities from Rent Supplement. Of these, 29,924 were housed directly under the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) and a further 20,760 were accommodated under other social housing options. The table sets out the position in relation to the numbers transferred broken down by authority as at end September 2014.
Cumulative to End Sept 2014
|
County |
Transfers to Private & Voluntary Housing |
Transfers to Social housing |
Total all transferred. |
|
Carlow Co. Cl. |
693 |
278 |
971 |
|
Cavan Co. Cl. |
657 |
464 |
1121 |
|
Clare Co. Cl. |
638 |
367 |
1005 |
|
Cork City Cl. |
1362 |
1213 |
2575 |
|
Cork County Cl. |
1610 |
1721 |
3331 |
|
Donegal Co. Cl. |
828 |
1726 |
2554 |
|
Dublin City Cl. |
2937 |
1058 |
3995 |
|
Dublin South Co. Cl. |
2208 |
1472 |
3680 |
|
Dun/Rathdown Co. Cl. |
760 |
832 |
1592 |
|
Fingal Co. Cl. |
1490 |
1259 |
2749 |
|
Galway City Cl. |
943 |
421 |
1364 |
|
Galway Co. Cl. |
785 |
381 |
1166 |
|
Kerry Co. Cl. |
1243 |
764 |
2007 |
|
Kildare Co. Cl. |
694 |
697 |
1391 |
|
Kilkenny Co. Cl. |
1047 |
425 |
1472 |
|
Laois Co. Cl. |
372 |
198 |
570 |
|
Limerick Ct & Co. |
1559 |
551 |
2110 |
|
Longford Co. Cl. |
406 |
134 |
540 |
|
Louth Co. Cl. |
342 |
888 |
1230 |
|
Mayo Co. Cl. |
1381 |
475 |
1856 |
|
Meath Co. Cl. |
517 |
422 |
939 |
|
Monaghan Co. Cl. |
373 |
198 |
571 |
|
Offaly Co. Cl. |
363 |
360 |
723 |
|
Roscommon Co.Cl. |
658 |
469 |
1127 |
|
Sligo Co. Cl. |
710 |
217 |
927 |
|
Tipperary Co. Cl. |
1578 |
959 |
2537 |
|
Waterford City Cl. |
884 |
438 |
1322 |
|
Waterford Co. Cl. |
430 |
334 |
764 |
|
Westmeath Co. Cl. |
678 |
205 |
883 |
|
Wexford Co. Cl. |
1010 |
1208 |
2218 |
|
Wicklow Co. Cl. |
632 |
494 |
1126 |
|
Totals |
29924 |
20760 |
50684 |
Details of the rents paid by each authority in respect of individual RAS tenancies and contract data for such tenancies is not collected by my Department. However, based on data provided by local authorities, the average monthly rent paid under the scheme in 2013 is set out in the following table, broken down by different types of units.
|
Year |
1 bed unit |
2 bed unit |
3 bed unit |
4 bed unit |
|
2013 |
€499 |
€569 |
€651 |
€708 |
