Thomas Gould
Question:328. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons in receipt of 5%, 10%, 20% and over 20% top-ups on their HAP by local authority in 2020. [3898/21]
View answerWednesday, 27 January 2021
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Under the HAP scheme, tenants source their own accommodation in the private rented market. The accommodation sourced by tenants should be within the prescribed maximum HAP rent limits, which are based on household size and the rental market within the area concerned.
Each local authority has statutory discretion to agree to a HAP payment up to 20% above the prescribed maximum rent limit to secure appropriate accommodation for a household that requires it, or up to 50% in the case of homeless households in the Dublin region. It is a matter for the local authority to determine, on a case by case basis, whether, and to what extent, the application of the flexibility is warranted.
The table below shows the number of households at the end of Q3 2020, broken down by local authority, who are in receipt of discretion.
Discretion Bands @ 30-09-2020
|
Local Authority |
1%-5% |
6%-10% |
11%-15% |
16%-20% |
>20% |
Grand Total |
|
Carlow County Council |
14 |
12 |
33 |
229 |
288 |
|
|
Cavan County Council |
6 |
8 |
8 |
107 |
129 |
|
|
Clare County Council |
9 |
29 |
53 |
759 |
850 |
|
|
Cork City Council |
120 |
181 |
124 |
1132 |
1557 |
|
|
Cork County Council |
20 |
71 |
65 |
619 |
775 |
|
|
Donegal County Council |
1 |
103 |
104 |
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|
Dublin City Council |
385 |
364 |
363 |
1648 |
3669 |
6429 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council |
26 |
33 |
53 |
503 |
372 |
987 |
|
Fingal County Council |
142 |
196 |
193 |
689 |
879 |
2099 |
|
Galway City Council |
102 |
138 |
153 |
982 |
1375 |
|
|
Galway County Council |
19 |
47 |
85 |
403 |
554 |
|
|
Kerry County Council |
5 |
90 |
32 |
683 |
810 |
|
|
Kildare County Council |
199 |
125 |
219 |
652 |
1195 |
|
|
Kilkenny County Council |
3 |
4 |
1 |
217 |
225 |
|
|
Laois County Council |
8 |
31 |
22 |
502 |
563 |
|
|
Leitrim County Council |
1 |
51 |
52 |
|||
|
Limerick City & County Council |
18 |
51 |
15 |
401 |
485 |
|
|
Longford County Council |
2 |
12 |
5 |
136 |
155 |
|
|
Louth County Council |
90 |
81 |
158 |
785 |
1114 |
|
|
Mayo County Council |
44 |
53 |
103 |
946 |
1146 |
|
|
Meath County Council |
190 |
121 |
199 |
1076 |
1586 |
|
|
Monaghan County Council |
12 |
20 |
12 |
393 |
437 |
|
|
Offaly County Council |
59 |
1 |
212 |
272 |
||
|
Roscommon County Council |
2 |
9 |
16 |
139 |
166 |
|
|
Sligo County Council |
7 |
9 |
9 |
41 |
66 |
|
|
South Dublin County Council |
48 |
131 |
83 |
226 |
1162 |
1650 |
|
Tipperary County Council |
8 |
74 |
30 |
397 |
509 |
|
|
Waterford City & County Council |
10 |
65 |
37 |
666 |
778 |
|
|
Westmeath County Council |
11 |
46 |
45 |
220 |
322 |
|
|
Wexford County Council |
21 |
80 |
54 |
475 |
630 |
|
|
Wicklow County Council |
36 |
59 |
44 |
353 |
492 |
|
|
Grand Total |
1557 |
2201 |
2215 |
15745 |
6082 |
27800 |