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Under 500 Kildare HAP Recipients Have Transferred To Other Forms Of Social Housing.

Thursday, 13 May 2021 at 14:30

By Ciara Plunkett X @plunkettciara

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Figures are for the period 2016 to 2020.

Just 477 Housing Assistance Payment recipients in Kildare have transferred to other forms of social housing since 2016.

That's according to data from the Minister for Housing.

The bulk of those transfers, at 269, took place last year.

Local Authority 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Carlow County Council 9 27 25 113 80
Cavan County Council 0 1 10 27 20
Clare County Council 17 74 76 75 95
Cork City Council 14 32 20 66 130
Cork County Council 32 73 119 119 252
Donegal County Council 24 75 137 147 130
Dublin City Council 0 4 64 145 131
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council 0 0 12 39 23
Fingal County Council 1 2 21 31 117
Galway City Council 0 13 9 13 37
Galway County Council 1 8 15 45 45
Kerry County Council 0 0 13 39 67
Kildare County Council 1 26 67 114 269
Kilkenny County Council 20 26 51 76 103
Laois County Council 0 1 29 18 56
Leitrim County Council 0 1 5 9 21
Limerick City & County Council 35 41 72 57 91
Longford County Council 0 2 3 12 16
Louth County Council 16 47 115 209 275
Mayo County Council 2 14 23 38 65
Meath County Council 3 28 115 185 302
Monaghan County Council 16 32 43 71 88
Offaly County Council 3 6 24 50 58
Roscommon County Council 0 1 12 38 35
Sligo County Council 1 11 29 42 44
South Dublin County Council 0 2 18 100 139
Tipperary County Council 12 42 86 103 116
Waterford City & County Council 33 37 83 217 211
Westmeath County Council 0 0 1 12 41
Wexford County Council 0 0 21 75 77
Wicklow County Council 0 1 4 29 119
Total 240 627 1,322 2,314 3,253

A much small number of Rental Assistance Scheme recipients in the county transferred to other forms of social housing in the three years from 2016 - 233, in all.

Local Authority 2016 2017 2018 2019
Carlow County Council 16 21 7 38
Cavan County Council 9 6 6 27
Clare County Council 24 40 28 10
Cork City Council 65 64 45 61
Cork County Council 28 31 27 36
Donegal County Council 2 0 0 3
Dublin City Council 121 111 133 170
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council 17 27 11 19
Fingal County Council 12 18 25 25
Galway City Council 31 25 23 32
Galway County Council 13 3 7 6
Kerry County Council 26 52 69 54
Kildare County Council 33 37 70 93
Kilkenny County Council 19 13 34 38
Laois County Council 5 8 9 4
Leitrim County Council 7 7 3 2
Limerick City & County Council 16 15 38 19
Longford County Council 0 6 8 5
Louth County Council 20 11 2 3
Mayo County Council 20 5 9 14
Meath County Council 20 26 24 27
Monaghan County Council 13 13 12 19
Offaly County Council 20 12 4 0
Roscommon County Council 4 15 23 13
Sligo County Council 12 10 15 18
South Dublin County Council 114 23 100 32
Tipperary County Council 23 79 61 55
Waterford City & County Council 46 35 56 30
Westmeath County Council 21 45 9 43
Wexford County Council 13 16 31 43
Wicklow County Council 21 26 19 76
Total 791 800 908 1,015

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