Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

In that regard, when a person is approved for RAS, even if she or she is not yet in receipt of the allowance, the rules regarding rent supplement change. That is one solution. The solution I put forward must be applied in conjunction with the Minister with responsibility for housing. We need to reform all of this and rent supplement must again become a short-term scheme and any person who is likely to need long-term rental should be transferred to RAS urgently or at least approved for that scheme on an urgent basis. That deals with the poverty trap

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