Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that. I have a last query on the matter. My party colleague in my neighbouring constituency, Deputy Emmet Stagg, has stated that in certain counties the level of rental assistance for one part of a county is not appropriate for another. Kildare is a good example and the same might apply to Kilkenny. I represent the Clondalkin-Lucan area but the rental assistance in Lucan is significantly higher than in Leixlip which is only a mile and a half away but happens to be in a different county. Yet the cost of renting a house in Leixlip is very significantly higher than renting a house in Athy which is at the other end of the same county. To what extent does the Department address the issue? I am sure that the Kildare example is replicated in Wicklow, Meath and other places.