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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 May 2021

Tuesday, 18 May 2021

Questions (374, 375)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

374. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount paid out by local authorities in HAP in each of the years 2015 to 2020, nationally and by local authority. [25707/21]

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Peadar Tóibín

Question:

375. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of HAP tenancies in each of the years 2015 to 2020, nationally and by local authority. [25708/21]

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I propose to take Questions Nos. 374 and 375 together.

The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a flexible and immediate housing support that is available to all eligible households throughout the State. At end Q4 2020 there were nearly 60,000 households in receipt of HAP and over 33,520 separate landlords and agents providing accommodation to households supported by the scheme.

In respect of the provision of HAP funding, Limerick City and County Council provides a highly effective HAP transactional shared service on behalf of all local authorities.  This HAP Shared Services Centre (SSC) manages all HAP related rental transactions for the tenant, local authority and landlord.  Accordingly, my Department does not recoup individual local authorities in respect of HAP rental payments in their administrative areas but, rather, recoups all landlord costs via the HAP SSC.

Data in relation to the number of active HAP tenancies and funding provided by the State in 2019 and 2020, broken down by local authority area, can be found on my Department's website at this link:

https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/#housing-assistance-payment

This funding represents the portion paid by my Department after receipt of the differential rent which is paid by the tenant to the local authority. It does not include administration costs related to the Scheme.

The overall cost of supporting the HAP Scheme to the Exchequer for the period 2015-2020 is outlined in the table below:

Year

Additional   Households supported at end of year

No. of LAs   operating HAP Scheme

Outturn €M

2015

5,680

18

15.64

2016

12,075

28

57.69

2017

17,916

31

152.69

2018

17,926

31

276.6

2019

17,025

31

382.4

2020

15,885

31

464.6

The table below shows the number of households who were in receipt of HAP support from 2015 to 2018, broken down by local authority.

Local   Authority

Active HAP   Tenancies @ Q4 2015

Active HAP   Tenancies @ Q4 2016

Active HAP   Tenancies @ Q4 2017

Active HAP   Tenancies @ Q4 2018

Carlow County   Council

                             106

                             435

                             581

                             706

Cavan County   Council

 

 

                             131

                             275

Clare County   Council

                             236

                             955

                          1,193

                          1,335

Cork City   Council

                             111

                             984

                          1,625

                          2,063

Cork County   Council

                             900

                          1,774

                          2,647

                          3,339

Donegal County   Council

                             492

                          1,317

                          1,627

                          1,729

Dublin City   Council

                               56

                             831

                          3,429

                          6,331

Dun   Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council

 

 

                             165

                             388

Fingal County   Council

 

 

                             488

                          1,286

Galway City   Council

 

                             332

                             919

                          1,351

Galway County   Council

                                 7

                             379

                             728

                             981

Kerry County   Council

 

                                 7

                             427

                             898

Kildare County   Council

                               32

                             786

                          1,436

                          1,892

Kilkenny   County Council

                             498

                             717

                             836

                             869

Laois County   Council

 

 

                             316

                             657

Leitrim County   Council

 

                                 3

                                95

                             208

Limerick City   & County Council

                          1,056

                          1,526

                          1,948

                          2,175

Longford   County Council

 

                                 1

                             128

                             291

Louth County   Council

                             641

                          1,232

                          1,969

                          2,643

Mayo County   Council

                               18

                             402

                             817

                          1,120

Meath County   Council

                               14

                             485

                          1,220

                          1,740

Monaghan   County Council

                             176

                             305

                             437

                             530

Offaly County   Council

                               95

                             302

                             684

                             845

Roscommon   County Council

 

 

                             171

                             354

Sligo County   Council

                                 9

                             203

                             467

                             648

Sth Dublin   County Council

                             563

                          1,468

                          2,180

                          2,605

Tipperary   County Council

                             188

                          1,018

                          1,633

                          1,767

Waterford City   & County Council

                             655

                          1,027

                          1,605

                          1,833

Westmeath   County Council

 

 

                             366

                             656

Wexford County   Council

 

                                 1

                             536

                          1,020

Wicklow County   Council

 

                                 3

                             424

                             908

Total

                          5,853

                       16,493

                        31,228

                        43,443

Question No. 375 answered with Question No. 374.
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