Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 February 2024
410. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons in receipt of housing assistance payment, by local authority, as of month end January 2024. [6493/24]
View answerThe Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is a flexible and immediate housing support that is available to all eligible households with a long term housing need. Any household assessed as eligible for social housing is immediately eligible for HAP. At end Q3 2023, just under 115,000 HAP tenancies had been set-up since the scheme commenced, with 57,617 active tenancies being supported under the HAP Scheme.
The latest available data covers the period up to end Q3 2023. Details of the number of active tenancies by local authority area at the end of Q3 2023 are set out in the table below.
|
Local Authority |
Total Active HAP Tenancies |
|
Carlow County Council |
618 |
|
Cavan County Council |
433 |
|
Clare County Council |
1180 |
|
Cork City Council |
2890 |
|
Cork County Council |
3477 |
|
Donegal County Council |
1756 |
|
Dublin City Council |
5494 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council |
885 |
|
Fingal County Council |
2610 |
|
Galway City Council |
1954 |
|
Galway County Council |
1446 |
|
Kerry County Council |
1659 |
|
Kildare County Council |
1847 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
622 |
|
Laois County Council |
800 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
243 |
|
Limerick City & County Council |
2126 |
|
Longford County Council |
326 |
|
Louth County Council |
3104 |
|
Mayo County Council |
1158 |
|
Meath County Council |
1805 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
498 |
|
Offaly County Council |
643 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
425 |
|
Sligo County Council |
780 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
2671 |
|
Tipperary County Council |
1634 |
|
Waterford City & County Council |
1717 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
948 |
|
Wexford County Council |
1259 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
1526 |
|
Dublin Regional Homeless Executive* |
9083 |
|
Total |
57617 |
* DRHE is operating the HAP Homeless on behalf of the four Dublin local authorities
