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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 08, 2025

QUESTION NO. 12

QUESTION: Councillor N. Fennell

To ask the Chief Executive to give a report on how much additional income the Council has made since the higher percentage was introduced to council tenants.

REPLY:

There are currently 11,385 households who pay their rent directly to SDCC as detailed below: 

Account type	Number of Accounts
Council	10,289
RAS	499
Leasing	597

As per the our annual financial statements, the following rental income was charged and collected for the years 2022-2024 (includes Council, RAS and Leased tenancies)

Rental income 2022	Rent charged	€30,589,387
	Rent collected	€31,247,364
Rental income 2023	Rent charged	€35,079,289
	Rent collected	€34,505,222
Rental Income 2024	Rent charged	€38,825,883
	Rent collected	€38,485,839

The increase in rental income from 2022-24 is due to multiple factors including: an increase in housing stock each year, the additional three-euro charge per household, higher household incomes due to employment growth in a vibrant economy and increases in social welfare payments. In addition, our rents team during this period have completed 14,828 rent assessments to ensure that all persons and household income is accurately recorded. It is estimated that approximately 3,486 tenancies have household incomes above the social housing thresholds. No retrospective debits are applied to rent accounts above the thresholds and rent increases will be implemented on a gradual basis and effective from a current date.

A detailed report on the council’s differential rent scheme will be presented at the upcoming Housing Strategic Policy Committee in September'25.