Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 177: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is in receipt of the maximum amount of rent supplement applicable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36002/06]

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.

Under standard SWA rules rent supplements are normally calculated to ensure that a person, after the payment of rent, has an income equal to the rate of SWA appropriate to their family circumstances less a minimum contribution, currently €13, which recipients are required to pay from their own resources. Many recipients pay more than €13 because they are also required, subject to income disregards, to contribute any additional assessable means that they have, over and above the appropriate basic SWA rate, towards their accommodation costs. The Executive has been contacted regarding this case and has advised that the person concerned is in receipt of the maximum amount of rent supplement payable appropriate to her current income and family composition.