Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed)
3:25 pm
Mr. Michael Layde:
I do not know if the word "shock" is relevant. People will be communicated with and told. The initial phase will predominantly affect people in receipt of rent supplement who will transfer to the HAP in the same way as people in receipt of rent supplement have been transferring to the rental accommodation scheme for the past decade or so.