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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 11, 2022

QUESTION NO. 12

QUESTION: Councillor Derren Ó Brádaigh

To ask the Chief Executive to produce a report in tabular form, for how much money has been paid to landlords for HAP tenancies, leased properties and RAS tenancies for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 Y-T-D.

REPLY:

Payments are made directly by this Council to property owners in respect of homes provided for social housing under both long-term leasing and the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) while payments are made by a national shared service operated by Limerick City and County Council, on behalf of all local authorities, for the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme.

The following table shows payments made in respect of these schemes for the period 2019 to May 2022:

Year

HAP

RAS

Leasing

2019

€52,306,142

€16,108,276

€3,489,000

2020

€62,648,305

€14,770,972

€4,323,586

2021

€73,617,129

€14,421,444

€6,944,333

2022 (to end May)

€33,012,748

€5,908,399

€3,847,257