Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Department of Social Protection recently carried out a review of the rent limits, as the Deputy knows, in line with the commitments contained in the programme for a partnership Government. Increased limits for rent supplement have been introduced in all areas of the country with recent effect and the increases that have been given reflect the pressures on rental properties in each particular location. All I can say to the Deputy is that the review was based on the examination done and the data collected by the Department of Social Protection and the increases reflected that data and those pressures for each county.

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