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Housing Assistance Payment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 July 2020

Tuesday, 14 July 2020

Ceisteanna (446)

Jackie Cahill

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446. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the breakdown of the HAP payments being paid on a weekly basis by family dynamics and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16026/20]

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At the end of Quarter 4 2019, there were more than 52,500 households having their housing needs met via HAP and over 30,000 landlords and agents in receipt of HAP payments.

Under the HAP scheme, tenants source their own accommodation in the private rented market. The accommodation sourced by tenants should be within the prescribed maximum HAP rent limits, which are based on household size and the rental market within the area concerned. The list of HAP rent limits for each local authority are available on the Irish Statute Book website at:

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/56/made/en/print

A summary of the proportion of household types supported by the HAP scheme at end Q4 2019 is set out below:

- Single / Single Sharing - 28%

- Couple / Couple Sharing - 4%

- Lone Parent with Children - 42%

- Couple with Children - 26%

Details of the number of active tenancies and the average monthly landlord payment by local authority area at the end of Q4 2019 are set out in the table below.

Local Authority

Average Landlord Payment

Active tenancies as at end December 2019

Carlow County Council

€561

730

Cavan County Council

€464

342

Clare County Council

€480

1,369

Cork City Council

€802

2,749

Cork County Council

€748

3,431

Donegal County Council

€398

1,805

Dublin City Council

€1,279

3,602

Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

€1,351

562

Fingal County Council

€1,355

1,898

Galway City Council

€817

1,723

Galway County Council

€735

1,229

Kerry County Council

€527

1,236

Kildare County Council

€933

2,195

Kilkenny County Council

€595

867

Laois County Council

€599

888

Leitrim County Council

€419

254

Limerick City and County Council

€598

2,308

Longford County Council

€415

330

Louth County Council

€876

3,046

Mayo County Council

€512

1,280

Meath County Council

€957

2,089

Monaghan County Council

€514

586

Offaly County Council

€528

883

Roscommon County Council

€470

421

Sligo County Council

€514

758

South Dublin County Council

€1,279

2,726

Tipperary County Council

€500

1,778

Waterford City and County Council

€523

1,952

Westmeath County Council

€565

901

Wexford County Council

€540

1,377

Wicklow County Council

€1,012

1,448

Dublin Region Homeless Executive*

N/A

5,766

Average monthly landlord payment

€848

52,529

* Average monthly landlord payments for tenancies set up by the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive on behalf of the four Dublin local authorities are recorded against the individual local authority.

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