Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 466: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been refused rent assistance; when her rent assistance application will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20069/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The position remains as stated in my reply to Question No. 184, which I answered for the Deputy on 2 June 2005. The Dublin and mid-Leinster area of the Health Service Executive advised then that, following an assessment of her housing needs by the local authority, the person concerned was considered to have a suitable housing option available to her. In the circumstances, the executive determined that she was not entitled to rent supplement under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. The executive now advises that the person concerned has been informed of her right to appeal against this decision but there is no record of such an appeal to date.