Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of heroin addicts who have been resettled in Gorey, County Wexford under the auspices of and with assistance by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38547/05]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 162: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons evicted from private or local authority housing for anti-social behaviour in other parts of the country who have been resettled in County Wexford under the auspices of any of his Department's current programmes or procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38604/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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It is proposed to answer Questions Nos. 159 and 162 together.

The supplementary welfare allowance, SWA, scheme, of which rent supplement is a component, is administered by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive on my behalf. The rent supplement scheme is designed solely to provide support to individuals who are not in a position to provide for their own accommodation needs.

The southern area of the community welfare division of the executive, which administers the rent supplement scheme in the County Wexford area, has advised that it does not maintain statistics on the medical or addiction status of recipients or their previous tenancy history elsewhere. Accordingly it is not possible to provide the information sought by the Deputy. The southern area has also advised that it has no knowledge of any particular housing resettlement programme in County Wexford involving rent supplementation under the SWA scheme.

Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 160: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the decision to withdraw the fuel allowance from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will be reviewed. [38591/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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As announced in the budget, I have made provision to extend the fuel allowance to people in local authority accommodation with communal heating services. I am pleased to inform you that the person concerned will have her free fuel allowance restored with effect from January 2006, backdated to the start of the present heating season.