Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the increasing difficulties in which tenants on rent allowance are finding themselves when having to negotiate rent with their landlords after rent has risen; if her attention has been further drawn to the discrimination by landlords against tenants on rent allowance and the difficulties tenants are having in finding alternative accommodation as a result of same; if there are exceptional circumstances where her Department can assist tenants financially or otherwise when they are having difficulties negotiating rent with landlords; if it is a fair situation that a tenant on rent allowance should be left to negotiate rent when rent has risen and rent allowance has been cut; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17647/14]

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