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Rental Accommodation Scheme Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 January 2015

Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Questions (874, 875, 904)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

874. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the annual number of persons in County Meath who have moved from rent supplement to the rental accommodation scheme from 2010 to date in 2015. [49749/14]

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Peadar Tóibín

Question:

875. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons in County Meath who have moved from rent supplement to local authority housing from 2010 to date in 2015. [49750/14]

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Peadar Tóibín

Question:

904. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the annual number of persons approved for the rental accommodation scheme in County Meath since the scheme began. [49755/14]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 874, 875 and 904 together.

The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) is a targeted scheme catering for the accommodation needs of persons in receipt of Rent Supplement, generally for more than 18 months, from the Department of Social Protection and who are assessed by housing authorities as having a long-term housing need.

Since the scheme commenced in late 2005 and up to the end of October 2014 some 947 households have been transferred by the local authority from Rent Supplement to RAS and other social housing supports in County Meath. The information requested is outlined in the tables.

Year

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014 (as at end Oct)

Total number of transfers

Nil

39

43

108

135

164

168

124

101

65

Year

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014 (as at end Oct)

No transferred to other Social Housing Supports

74

38

51

31

25

No. transferred to Rental Accommodation Scheme

90

130

73

70

40

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