Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 April 2016
488. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for a detailed report on the numbers of landlords and property owners who have signed up under the housing assistance payment scheme, by local authority, in 2015 and 2016, in tabular form. [7766/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is being introduced incrementally on a pilot basis to all local authority areas. The HAP scheme has been rolled out to all categories of households in 19 local authority areas. The Dublin Region Homelessness Executive (DRHE) is also managing a HAP Homeless Pilot for the four Dublin local authorities. The table below provides details of the households currently supported by HAP broken down by local authority.
My Department does not hold a detailed breakdown, by local authority, of landlords who are receiving payments relating to properties being rented by HAP households. However, I understand that there are almost 5,600 separate landlords currently receiving HAP payments through the HAP transactional shared service centre that is being provided by Limerick City and County Council.
Households supported by HAP by Local Authority(18/4/2016)
|
Carlow County Council |
204 |
|
Clare County Council |
468 |
|
Cork City Council |
362 |
|
Cork County Council |
1144 |
|
Donegal County Council |
852 |
|
Dublin City Council |
140 |
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council |
1 |
|
Fingal County Council |
12 |
|
Galway City Council |
25 |
|
Galway County Council |
86 |
|
Kildare County Council |
205 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
569 |
|
Limerick City & County Council |
1174 |
|
Louth County Council |
766 |
|
Mayo County Council |
103 |
|
Meath County Council |
92 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
212 |
|
Offaly County Council |
151 |
|
Sligo County Council |
68 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
790 |
|
Tipperary County Council |
364 |
|
Waterford City & County Council |
731 |
|
Grand Total |
8,519 |
