Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 February 2015
190. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of recipients of rent supplement on 1 April 1989, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2013 and 2014. [6808/15]
View answerThe rent supplement scheme provides 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. There are over 70,700 rent supplement recipients for which the Government has provided over €298 million for 2015.
End of year statistics on rent supplement recipients since 1996 are provided in a tabular statement. Detailed information for the years 1989 and 1993 is not available.
Tabular Statement
Rent Supplement: Recipient Numbers & Expenditure 1996 to January 2015
|
Year |
Recipients at year end |
|
1996 |
34,700 |
|
1997 |
36,800 |
|
1998 |
40,000 |
|
1999 |
41,873 |
|
2000 |
42,683 |
|
2001 |
45,028 |
|
2002 |
54,213 |
|
2003 |
59,976 |
|
2004 |
57,874 |
|
2005 |
60,176 |
|
2006 |
59,861 |
|
2007 |
59,726 |
|
2008 |
74,038 |
|
2009 |
93,030 |
|
2010 |
97,260 |
|
2011 |
96,803 |
|
2012 |
87,684 |
|
2013 |
79,788 |
|
2014 |
71,533 |
|
2015 |
70,761 |
At 30th January, 2015
