Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 155: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will reconsider his decision in respect of rent and supplementary welfare allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 in view of this person's health condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12667/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The supplementary welfare allowance scheme is administered on my behalf by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive and I have no function in determining entitlement in individual cases. The Dublin mid-Leinster area of the Health Service Executive has advised that the person concerned made no mention of a health condition when applying for assistance under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme.

The position remains as advised in my reply to Question No. 115, which I answered for the Deputy on 24 March 2005. The person concerned has been awarded a basic supplementary welfare allowance at a rate appropriate to her circumstances. She does not satisfy the conditions for receipt of rent supplement.