Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 April 2023
702. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent by the State in each of the past five years on properties rented by local authorities for the social housing list. [16356/23]
View answer727. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the total spend on the housing assistance programme and the rental accommodation scheme for 2022. [16727/23]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 702 and 727 together.
My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery and spend activity, including HAP and RAS, in all local authority areas, on the statistics page of its website.
The specific queries relating to RAS spend over the last 5 years can be found at the following link - gov.ie - Overall social and affordable housing provision (www.gov.ie)
In relation to the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) queries, HAP is funded through a combination of Exchequer monies and tenant differential rents collected in respect of HAP tenancies.
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.
The table below shows the exchequer spend on the HAP scheme for the last 5 years.
|
Year |
HAP Outturn €M |
|
2018 |
276.60 |
|
2019 |
382.40 |
|
2020 |
464.65 |
|
2021 |
541.69 |
|
2022 |
538.96 |
