Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy asked about direct deduction at source. We have amended the social welfare legislation on household budgeting, which has major implications for the local authorities. They found that people involved in rent supplement through the RAS were signing in to the household budgeting system to have their deductions taken from their social welfare payment with their agreement but were then leaving it because they did not need to refer to the local authority if they decided to leave it and were therefore falling into arrears.

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