Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 241: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if rent allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41881/06]

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 Executive has advised, that while it has received a rent supplement application from the person concerned, it has requested additional information together with supporting documentation in order that a decision can be made. The Executive has further advised that it has not yet received the documentation requested.

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 242: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will delineate the amount of supplementary rent allowance being paid in Dublin and the rest of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41891/06]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 243: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of supplementary rent allowance paid in each of the years 2000 to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41892/06]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Question Nos. 242 and 243 together.

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 purpose of the scheme is to provide short-term income support, in the form of a weekly or monthly payment, to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source.

Details of the expenditure on rent supplement on a county by county basis are not available; however, the tables provide details of the expenditure on rent supplement for each of the former Health Board Areas for 2006. Details of expenditure on the rent supplement scheme nationwide from 2000 to 2006 are also outlined.