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Housing Assistance Payment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 February 2021

Wednesday, 3 February 2021

Questions (299)

Thomas Gould

Question:

299. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons and families currently on the housing assistance payment at the end of Q3 2020, by county. [5738/21]

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The table below shows the number of households at the end of Q3 2020, broken down by local authority, who are in receipt of Housing Assistance Payment support.

Local Authority

Total Active HAP Tenancies @ 30-09-2020

Carlow County Council

                                     758

Cavan County Council

                                     418

Clare County Council

                                  1,406

Cork City Council

                                  3,066

Cork County Council

                                  3,696

Donegal County Council

                                  1,849

Dublin City Council

                                  4,502

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

                                     693

Fingal County Council

                                  1,999

Galway City Council

                                  1,894

Galway County Council

                                  1,383

Kerry County Council

                                  1,534

Kildare County Council

                                  2,344

Kilkenny County Council

                                     873

Laois County Council

                                     977

Leitrim County Council

                                     293

Limerick City & County Council

                                  2,407

Longford County Council

                                     370

Louth County Council

                                  3,210

Mayo County Council

                                  1,345

Meath County Council

                                  2,214

Monaghan County Council

                                     635

Offaly County Council

                                     876

Roscommon County Council

                                     466

Sligo County Council

                                     811

South Dublin County Council

                                  2,888

Tipperary County Council

                                  1,833

Waterford City & County Council

                                  2,083

Westmeath County Council

                                     984

Wexford County Council

                                  1,573

Wicklow County Council

                                  1,632

Dublin Regional Homeless Executive (DRHE)*

                                  7,203

Grand Total

                               58,215

 *The DRHE is operating the HAP Homeless Place Finder Service on behalf of the four Dublin local authorities.

 

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