Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 January 2018
665. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of HAP and RAS recipients respectively by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3337/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraIndicative social housing outputs for 2017 were published on Monday 15 January 2018 and are available on my Department’s website at the following link:
http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/rebuilding-ireland/social-housing-delivery-2017-ministers-statement
My Department is currently finalising and verifying HAP and RAS data relating to 2017 and this data will be published on my Department’s website in due course.
At the end of 2016 local authorities reported that there were 20,306 Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) tenancies in place. The most recent data regarding the number of tenancies funded under the RAS scheme, broken down by local authority is available on my Department's website at the following link:
http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision.
At end of the third quarter of 2017, there were a total of 27,618 active HAP tenancies; details of these tenancies, by local authority, are set out in the following table.
Total Active HAP tenancies as at end September 2017
|
Local Authority |
Total Active HAP Tenancies at end September 2017 |
|
Carlow County Council |
556 |
|
Cavan County Council |
103 |
|
Clare County Council |
1,187 |
|
Cork City Council |
1,510 |
|
Cork County Council |
2,496 |
|
Donegal County Council |
1,587 |
|
Dublin City Council |
655 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council |
107 |
|
Fingal County Council |
260 |
|
Galway City Council |
792 |
|
Galway County Council |
657 |
|
Kerry County Council |
287 |
|
Kildare County Council |
1,276 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
803 |
|
Laois County Council |
215 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
69 |
|
Limerick City & County Council |
1,840 |
|
Longford County Council |
93 |
|
Louth County Council |
1,779 |
|
Mayo County Council |
738 |
|
Meath County Council |
1,072 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
396 |
|
Offaly County Council |
587 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
126 |
|
Sligo County Council |
424 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
1,987 |
|
Tipperary County Council |
1,548 |
|
Waterford City & County Council |
1,492 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
259 |
|
Wexford County Council |
404 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
307 |
|
Subtotal |
25,612 |
|
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- |
|
Dublin Regional Homeless Executive* |
2,006 |
|
Grand Total |
27,618 |
|
* DRHE is operating the HAP Homeless scheme on behalf of the four Dublin local authorities. |
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