Data released to Kildare North Sinn Féin TD, Réada Cronin.
Over, €3.5 million has been paid out to people, families and households in Kildare in exceptional needs payments related to housing.
The top-up payments were made by the Dept. of Social Protection between 2018, and April of this year.
ENPs are paid under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance Scheme.
It is a single payment to help meet essential, once-off, exceptional expenditure, which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income.
Tabular Statement 2: Expenditure on Housing related Exceptional Needs Payments in County Kildare in the period 2018-2020and to date in 2021.
| Year | Co Kildare Housing related - Exceptional Needs Payments |
|---|---|
| 2018 | €853,000 |
| 2019 | €1,023,000 |
| 2020 | €1,298,000 |
| 2021 Jan-April | €440,000 |

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