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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2022

Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Questions (612)

Eoin Ó Broin

Question:

612. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of active housing assistance payment tenancies in each local authority at the end of each year from 2014 to 2021, in tabular form. [19464/22]

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The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a flexible and immediate housing support that is available to all eligible households throughout the State. At the end of Q4 2021, over 100,000 HAP tenancies had been set-up since the scheme commenced, of which there were more than 61,900 households actively in receipt of HAP support and over 33,000 separate landlords and agents providing accommodation to households supported by the scheme.

The table below shows the number of active HAP tenancies in each local authority at the end of each year, from 2015 to 2021 (only 485 tenancies were active at end 2014).

Local Authority

Active HAP

Tenancies Q4 2015

Active HAP

Tenancies Q4 2016

Active HAP

Tenancies Q4 2017

Active HAP

Tenancies Q4 2018

Active HAP

Tenancies Q4 2019

Active HAP

Tenancies Q4 2020

Active HAP

Tenancies Q4 2021

Carlow

106

435

581

706

730

743

695

Cavan

 

 

131

275

342

429

463

Clare

236

955

1,193

1,335

1,369

1,423

1,347

Cork City  

111

984

1,625

2,063

2,749

3,133

3,185

Cork County

900

1,774

2,647

3,339

3,431

3,722

3,650

Donegal

492

1,317

1,627

1,729

1,805

1,833

1,792

* Dublin City  

56

831

3,429

6,331

9,368

12,423

14,589

DLR

 

 

165

388

562

735

917

Fingal

 

 

488

1,286

1,898

2,089

2,565

Galway City

 

332

919

1,351

1,723

1,951

1,918

Galway County

7

379

728

981

1,229

1,428

1,491

Kerry

 

7

427

898

1,236

1,623

1,708

Kildare

32

786

1,436

1,892

2,195

2,398

2,320

Kilkenny  

498

717

836

869

867

854

774

Laois

 

 

316

657

888

982

929

Leitrim

 

3

95

208

254

293

285

Limerick City  & County

1,056

1,526

1,948

2,175

2,308

2,442

2,425

Longford  

 

1

128

291

330

379

377

Louth

641

1,232

1,969

2,643

3,046

3,280

3,271

Mayo

18

402

817

1,120

1,280

1,356

1,336

Meath

14

485

1,220

1,740

2,089

2,275

2,210

Monaghan  

176

305

437

530

586

628

566

Offaly

95

302

684

845

883

877

804

Roscommon  

 

 

171

354

421

468

443

Sligo

9

203

467

648

758

831

834

South Dublin

563

1,468

2,180

2,605

2,726

2,936

2,957

Tipperary

188

1,018

1,633

1,767

1,778

1,868

1,843

Waterford City   & County

655

1,027

1,605

1,833

1,952

2,127

2,009

Westmeath  

 

 

366

656

901

1014

975

Wexford

 

1

536

1,020

1,377

1,613

1,518

Wicklow

 

3

424

908

1,448

1,668

1,711

Total

5,853

16,493

31,228

43,443

52,529

59,821

61,907

*DRHE is operating Homeless HAP on behalf of the four Dublin Local Authorities

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