Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding rent supplement in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18464/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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As I stated to the Deputy in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 26 April 2005, the Dublin and mid-Leinster area of the Health Service Executive was unaware then of the recent death of the husband of the person concerned. The forms sent by the executive to the family around that time were to facilitate a routine review of the family's continued entitlement to rent supplement. The executive has advised that a community welfare officer visited the person concerned very recently and assisted her with the completion of the application forms. The person concerned has been asked to provide additional documentation and a decision on her claim will be made when this is received.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if rent support has been reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18465/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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In my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 24 February 2005, I stated that the rent supplement in payment in this case would be reviewed when the person concerned completed her community employment scheme. The Dublin and mid-Leinster area of the Health Service Executive has advised that it has asked the person concerned to confirm the date on which her community employment ceases. As soon as she provides this information, the executive will be in a position to complete its review and determine the revised rate of rent supplement payable in her new income circumstances.