Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare was refused rent supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19777/06]

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 advised that it has no record of a formal application for rent supplement from the person concerned. The person concerned should submit an application for rent supplement to the community welfare officer in her area so that the Executive can make a formal decision on the matter.