Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 April 2016
98. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, further to his letter to a person (details supplied), his Department reached the 2015 targets including the 2,000 rental accommodation scheme tenancies; if these tenancies were new tenancies or renewed tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8556/16]
View answerThe number of households that transferred from Rent Supplement to the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) in 2015 was 1,836, representing almost 92% of the target delivery of 2,000 new RAS transfers. Further information in relation to social housing output in 2015 is available on my Department’s website at:
http://www.environ.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/social_housing_output_in_2015_-_addendum_to_main_report.pdf .
