Dáil debates
Thursday, 30 April 2009
Social Welfare Benefits.
4:00 pm
David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
Did the Minister say people have to be on the housing list before they qualify for rent supplement? Is the she aware the delay in getting approval to be on the housing list can be quite long? What happens in the interim to people who might be waiting for months and months to get such approval?
Peter Barrins
Posted on 26 May 2009 10:57 pm (Report this comment)
Yes, you have to actually go to the local authority and make an application for local authority housing. This applies even if you are a single person and unlikely, in reality, to ever obtain a local authority house. It's a farce.