Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 December 2020
266. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing assistance payment, HAP, place finders that are employed in each county; the number of properties that have been found by county for each of the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41073/20]
View answerThe Homeless HAP Place Finder Service was established in January 2018 and it was made available to each of the 31 local authorities, which are entitled to apply for approval for a dedicated resource.
There are currently Place Finder positions in 26 local authorities, with recruitment taking place to fill existing vacancies.
The current number of placefinders in each of these 26 local authorities and the number of properties sourced by the placefinders in the last year is set out in the table below:
|
Local Authorities with a Place Finder Service |
Current Number of Place Finders |
Number of properties sourced by Place Finders
December 2019-December 2020 |
|
Carlow County Council |
1 |
42 |
|
Clare County Council |
1 |
18 |
|
Cork City Council |
1 |
73 |
|
Cork County Council |
1 |
44 |
|
Dublin City Council |
5 |
1,086 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council |
2 |
127 |
|
Fingal County Council |
0 |
330 |
|
Galway City Council |
1 |
65 |
|
Galway County Council |
1 |
60 |
|
Kerry County Council |
1 |
45 |
|
Kildare County Council |
1 |
97 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
1 |
44 |
|
Laois County Council |
1 |
30 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
1 |
0 |
|
Limerick City & County Council |
1 |
38 |
|
Longford County Council |
1 |
6 |
|
Mayo County Council |
1 |
24 |
|
Meath County Council |
1 |
133 |
|
Offaly County Council |
1 |
25 |
|
Sligo County Council |
1 |
23 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
0 |
391 |
|
Tipperary County Council |
1 |
68 |
|
Waterford City & County Council |
1 |
159 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
1 |
43 |
|
Wexford County Council |
1 |
36 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
1 |
98 |
|
Total: |
29 |
3,226 |
