Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 244: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if rent allowance should have been payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has participated in a FÁS training scheme at Loughlinstown, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6920/07]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The supplementary allowance (SWA) scheme, including rent supplement, is administered on my behalf by the Community Welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE).

As stated in my reply to the Deputy's previous question on 26th January 2007, the Executive has advised that it has not received an application for rent supplement from the person concerned.

My Department has been in contact with FÁS who advised that it refused an application for an accommodation allowance in respect of the person in question. If the person concerned has any queries in relation to the FÁS accommodation allowance he should contact the FÁS office which dealt with this application.