Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 228: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is not receiving rent assistance in view of the fact that all they have to live on is disability benefit and are unable to survive on this; and the reason they have not been approved rent assistance in view of the fact that it is clear that they are paying their rent every month. [39782/06]

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. The Health Service Executive has advised that it has no record of an application for rent supplement from the person concerned. If she requires assistance with rent, she should make an application for rent supplement at her local health centre so that her entitlement can be determined.