Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 2009 - Welfare.ie

supplementary welfare allowanceTable H15: Short Term and Long Term recipients of Rent Supplement by County, 2009All CasesShort TermCasesShort Term as% All CasesLong TermCasesCounty Recipients Recipients RecipientsLong Term as% All CasesCarlow 1,498 969 64.7% 529 35.3%Cavan 1,115 852 76.4% 263 23.6%Clare 1,780 1,156 64.9% 624 35.1%Cork 10,603 6,719 63.4% 3,884 36.6%Donegal 3,470 1,996 57.5% 1,474 42.5%Dublin 31,261 17,861 57.1% 13,400 42.9%Galway 4,989 3,174 63.6% 1,815 36.4%Kerry 2,398 1,450 60.5% 948 39.5%Kildare 4,161 2,463 59.2% 1,698 40.8%Kilkenny 1,472 1,069 72.6% 403 27.4%Laois 979 791 80.8% 188 19.2%Leitrim 507 347 68.4% 160 31.6%Limerick 3,669 2,427 66.1% 1,242 33.9%Longford 789 604 76.6% 185 23.4%Louth 2,426 1,613 66.5% 813 33.5%Mayo 3,077 1,827 59.4% 1,250 40.6%Meath 2,213 1,619 73.2% 594 26.8%Monaghan 640 467 73.0% 173 27.0%Offaly 1,053 752 71.4% 301 28.6%Roscommon 1,286 842 65.5% 444 34.5%Sligo 822 598 72.7% 224 27.3%Tipperary 2,572 1,825 71.0% 747 29.0%Waterford 2,267 1,458 64.3% 809 35.7%Westmeath 1,521 1,042 68.5% 479 31.5%Wexford 3,763 2,396 63.7% 1,367 36.3%Wicklow 2,699 1,580 58.5% 1,119 41.5%Total 93,030 57,897 62.2% 35,133 37.8%At December 2009 there were 93,030 households in receipt of a Rent Supplement payment, of which 34,924 are the Target group for the RentalAccommodation Scheme that have been in receipt of a payment for 18 months or longer. This group of 34,924 is derived from an analysis of those in receiptof a Rent Supplement payment in June 2008 and in receipt of a Rent Supplement payment at every three monthly interval thereafter.Note: The 35,133 Long Term cases includes Asylum Seekers that are not included in the Target group of 34,924 for transfer to the Rental Assistance Scheme.91<strong>Statistical</strong> <strong>Information</strong> on Social Welfare Services 2009