Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 October 2022
181. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households in receipt of HAP payments on 1 January for each local authority in each of the past three years in tabular form. [49123/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra182. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households in receipt of RAS payments on 1 January for each local authority in each of the past three years in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49124/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 181 and 182 together.
The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) are forms of social housing support, provided by my Department, for people who have a long-term housing need.
The table below details the number of active HAP tenancies, by local authority, on the 1st January 2020, 2021 and 2022:-
|
Local authority |
1 January 2020 |
1 January 2021 |
1 January 2022 |
|
Carlow County Council |
730 |
743 |
695 |
|
Cavan County Council |
342 |
429 |
463 |
|
Clare County Council |
1,369 |
1,423 |
1,347 |
|
Cork City Council |
2,749 |
3,133 |
3,185 |
|
Cork County Council |
3,431 |
3,722 |
3,650 |
|
Donegal County Council |
1,805 |
1,833 |
1,792 |
|
Dublin City Council |
3,602 |
4,863 |
5,434 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council |
562 |
735 |
917 |
|
Fingal County Council |
1,898 |
2,089 |
2,565 |
|
Galway City Council |
1,723 |
1,951 |
1,918 |
|
Galway County Council |
1,229 |
1,428 |
1,491 |
|
Kerry County Council |
1,236 |
1,623 |
1,708 |
|
Kildare County Council |
2,195 |
2,398 |
2,320 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
867 |
854 |
774 |
|
Laois County Council |
888 |
982 |
929 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
254 |
293 |
285 |
|
Limerick City and County Council |
2,308 |
2,442 |
2,425 |
|
Longford County Council |
330 |
379 |
377 |
|
Louth County Council |
3,046 |
3,280 |
3,271 |
|
Mayo County Council |
1,280 |
1,356 |
1,336 |
|
Meath County Council |
2,089 |
2,275 |
2,210 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
586 |
628 |
566 |
|
Offaly County Council |
883 |
877 |
804 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
421 |
468 |
443 |
|
Sligo County Council |
758 |
831 |
834 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
2,726 |
2,936 |
2,957 |
|
Tipperary County Council |
1,778 |
1,868 |
1,843 |
|
Waterford City and County Council |
1,952 |
2,127 |
2,009 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
901 |
1,014 |
975 |
|
Wexford County Council |
1,377 |
1,613 |
1,518 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
1,448 |
1,668 |
1,711 |
|
Subtotal |
46,763 |
52,261 |
52,752 |
|
Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE)* |
5,766 |
7,560 |
9,155 |
|
Grand total |
52,529 |
59,821 |
61,907 |
*The DRHE is operating the HAP Homeless Place Finder Service on behalf of the four Dublin local authorities.
The table below details the number of active RAS tenancies, by local authority, on 1st January 2020, 2021 and 2022:-
|
Local authority |
1 January 2020 |
1 January 2021 |
1 January 2022 |
|
Carlow County Council |
477 |
474 |
440 |
|
Cavan County Council |
542 |
527 |
508 |
|
Clare County Council |
397 |
381 |
374 |
|
Cork City Council |
910 |
891 |
829 |
|
Cork County Council |
740 |
734 |
690 |
|
Donegal County Council |
538 |
504 |
504 |
|
Dublin City Council |
1635 |
1660 |
1866 |
|
Dublin South Council |
1193 |
1027 |
958 |
|
Dun/Rathdown County Council |
520 |
517 |
499 |
|
Fingal County Council |
592 |
531 |
475 |
|
Galway City Council |
416 |
401 |
385 |
|
Galway County Council |
311 |
350 |
366 |
|
Kerry County Council |
884 |
879 |
816 |
|
Kildare County Council |
501 |
453 |
377 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
929 |
954 |
912 |
|
Laois County Council |
214 |
202 |
201 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
114 |
105 |
92 |
|
Limerick City and County Council |
1229 |
1281 |
1264 |
|
Longford County Council |
209 |
200 |
186 |
|
Louth County Council |
138 |
143 |
143 |
|
Mayo County Council |
821 |
799 |
786 |
|
Meath County Council |
391 |
380 |
368 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
183 |
163 |
176 |
|
Offaly County Council |
131 |
131 |
137 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
391 |
387 |
369 |
|
Sligo County Council |
525 |
507 |
468 |
|
Tipperary County Council |
1088 |
1071 |
1041 |
|
Waterford City and County Council |
665 |
673 |
690 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
569 |
539 |
507 |
|
Wexford County Council |
554 |
538 |
510 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
347 |
280 |
246 |
|
Totals |
18,154 |
17,682 |
17,183 |
I am committed to decreasing our reliance on the HAP and RAS schemes and central to that is significantly scaling up our social housing supply. Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes in the period 2022-2026. Our clear focus is to increase the stock of social housing through new build projects delivered by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies. My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity in all local authorities. This data is available up to the end of Quarter 2 2022 and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/
