Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 January 2021
127. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of housing assistance payments paid out to each local authority since the introduction of the scheme on a yearly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2977/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is funded through a combination of Exchequer funding and tenant differential rents collected in respect of HAP tenancies.
Limerick City and County Council provides a highly effective HAP transactional shared service on behalf of all local authorities. The HAP Shared Services Centre (SSC) manages all HAP related rental transactions for the tenant, local authority and landlord.
At the end of Quarter 3 2020, there were over 58,200 active tenancies being supported under the HAP Scheme. Details on the number of tenancy setups and Exchequer funding provided to the HAP SSC for HAP from 2014 to Q3 2020 are set out in the table below:
|
Year |
Additional households supported at year end |
Outturn €m |
|
2014 |
485 |
€0.39m |
|
2015 |
5,680 |
€15.64m |
|
2016 |
12,075 |
€57.69m |
|
2017 |
17,916 |
€152.69m |
|
2018 |
17,926 |
€276.6m |
|
2019 |
17,025 |
€382.4m |
|
End Q3 2020 |
11,887 |
€330.6m |
