Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 June 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)

11:30 am

Mr. John McCarthy:

Yes. On the one third transferring from the rent supplement scheme, one of the important benefits that accrues to the household is that they move to a differential rent payment. That means that if their circumstances and income change, they will not lose the support in its entirety, as would be the case if they were to reach a certain threshold under the rent supplement scheme when, in effect, it would fall off a cliff.