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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, February 12, 2018

QUESTION NO.10

QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney

To ask the Chief Executive to state how much this Council has paid (net) in Housing Assistance Payments, year-on-year, since payment began; to ask how much he has budgeted to pay out in 2018; and to make a statement on the matter.

REPLY:

All Housing Assistance Payment applications are first administered by South Dublin County Council.   All Local Authorities then use the services of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) Shared Services Centre, which is based in Limerick, who administer the HAP rental payments to landlords. The HAP Shared Services Centre also collects all rent contributions from HAP tenants. 

South Dublin County Council does not make provision in our budget for the HAP to landlords.  

As of January 15th, 2366 HAP tenancies were administered by South Dublin County Council. 

In addition 2711 Homeless HAP tenancies were administered by Dublin Regional Homeless Executive on behalf of the four Dublin Local Authorities.