Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed)
5:40 pm
Ms Niamh Randall:
To come in on the point on the administration of the rent supplement scheme, everyone is aware the new housing assistance payment, HAP, will be administered by a different Department. However, I refer to some lessons learned on administration problems and landlords' frustration. As we have a big problem with encouraging landlords back, this is very important. While we all have been working with the Departments involved, it is really important that this is acknowledged in the course of the development of the new scheme.