Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 July 2015
724. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of landlords who have signed up to the rental accommodation scheme in County Meath in 2015; and if landlords in County Meath have been contacted directly by the local authority encouraging them to use the scheme. [29677/15]
View answerThe information requested is not available in my Department. As at 31 December 2014, 269 landlords were participating in the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) in Co. Meath. Local authorities are responsible for administering the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS). The Social Housing Strategy 2020 has set targets for delivery in respect of RAS. Formal targets by authority have been set for 2015, in respect of the new RAS properties target of 2,000. A target of 50 transfers to the RAS scheme has been identified for Meath County Council in 2015. Meath County Council has completed 13 transfers, or 26% of its 2015 target, to end of April 2015. A further target of 51 transfers has been set for the period 2016/2017.
