Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

The key objectives of the new scheme are to provide an additional source of good quality rental accommodation for persons in need of housing support, bring about a reduction in long-term dependence on rent supplement and ensure equity of treatment between local authority and RAS tenants by enabling RAS recipients to seek and gain employment without loss of housing supports. That will happen in the future.

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