Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 April 2018
1563. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of HAP recipients in each county in 2017; the value paid to landlords by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15814/18]
Amharc ar fhreagra1564. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the contributions paid by tenants in County Tipperary who are part of the HAP scheme in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15815/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 1563 and 1564 together.
The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme was initially implemented, on a statutory phased pilot basis, in September 2014, and rolled out across local authorities incrementally over the last number of years. HAP became a national scheme on 1 March 2017.
The following table reflects the number of HAP tenancies set up and the annualised cost of the average monthly rent paid to landlords under HAP for all local authorities at the end of 2017. The HAP scheme is funded through a combination of Exchequer monies and tenant differential rents collected in respect of HAP tenancies. In relation to the Deputy's specific query regarding contributions paid by tenants in County Tipperary that are part of the HAP scheme, the average weekly differential rent for Tipperary County Council at the end of 2017 was €33.22.
|
Local Authority Area |
Total HAP tenancies set-up |
Annualised cost of the average monthly payment paid to landlords under the HAP scheme € |
|
Carlow County Council |
725 |
6,504 |
|
Cavan County Council |
143 |
5,160 |
|
Clare County Council |
1,565 |
5,160 |
|
Cork City Council |
1,867 |
8,664 |
|
Cork County Council |
3,199 |
8,268 |
|
Donegal County Council |
2,036 |
4,596 |
|
Dublin City Council* |
1,040 |
15,096 |
|
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council* |
166 |
15,432 |
|
Fingal County Council* |
491 |
15,504 |
|
Galway City Council |
978 |
9,408 |
|
Galway County Council |
792 |
7,824 |
|
Kerry County Council |
449 |
6,024 |
|
Kildare County Council |
1,553 |
10,932 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
1,160 |
6,672 |
|
Laois County Council |
324 |
6,420 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
104 |
4,896 |
|
Limerick City & County Council |
2,474 |
6,624 |
|
Longford County Council |
142 |
4,764 |
|
Louth County Council |
2,314 |
9,168 |
|
Mayo County Council |
942 |
5,868 |
|
Meath County Council |
1,332 |
10,848 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
570 |
5,484 |
|
Offaly County Council |
797 |
5,784 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
182 |
5,364 |
|
Sligo County Council |
525 |
5,856 |
|
South Dublin County Council* |
2,339 |
13,764 |
|
Tipperary County Council |
1,952 |
5,652 |
|
Waterford City & County Council |
1,961 |
5,868 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
379 |
6,480 |
|
Wexford County Council |
569 |
6,024 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
433 |
11,700 |
*In Dublin City Council, DLR, Fingal and South Dublin County Councils, eligible homeless households are assisted under the Homeless HAP scheme operated by the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive, under which additional discretion is available in recognition of the difficulty that can exist in housing homeless households. These homeless HAP numbers are not included in the HAP numbers identified under each of these Dublin LA areas in the table above.
