Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021
1168. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid out annually in rent allowance in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and the projected amount for the remainder of 2020 and 2021. [41240/21]
View answerRent Supplement provides short-term income support to assist with reasonable accommodation costs of eligible people living in private rented accommodation who are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources and who do not have accommodation available to them from another source.
The Department is currently reviewing performance on each of the Departments schemes to inform the financial requirements for the remainder of 2021 and for Budget 2022 in October 2021.
The table below details the expenditure on rent allowance for 2019, 2020, 2021 (Jan to Jun) and the full year 2021 Estimate for rent allowance contained in the Revised Estimate of Expenditure (REV) published in December 2020.
|
Year |
€000 |
|
2019 |
125,248 |
|
2020 |
133,090 |
|
2021 (Jan - Jun) estimate |
70,254 |
|
2021 (REV) |
116,190 |
