Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason rent support was reduced in September 2005 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19007/06]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which includes rent supplement, is administered on my behalf by the Community Welfare division of the Health Service Executive. Neither I nor my Department has any function in relation to decisions on individual claims.

The Health Service Executive has been contacted concerning this case and has advised that the rate of rent supplement payable to the person concerned has not changed since it was last reviewed in February 2005. The Executive further advise that her current liability towards her rent supplement is calculated at €13 per week, the minimum contribution payable.