Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2020
950. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment who previously earned less than €200 a week in wages and are in receipt of rent supplement, HAP, or are living in social housing. [10892/20]
View answerI am advised that my Department does not have data on persons in receipt of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), or of those living in social housing. The requested figures for recipients of both Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) and Rent Supplement are presented in the following table.
This table is based only on 2018 earnings data, and should not be considered a count of Rent Supplement recipients who will receive a reduced rate of PUP going forward.
Table 1: Current PUP and Rent Supplement recipients where 2018 Earnings were less than €200 per week
|
Scheme |
People |
|
Rent Supplement |
500 |
