Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 July 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter - 24 Supplementary Welfare Allowance

1:05 pm

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

I will turn to the question of rent supplement. Does Ms O'Donoghue agree that, in many cases, rent supplement puts people in a poverty trap? It is my impression that this is the case for many.

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