Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [13382/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, 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 HSE. The purpose of rent supplement is to provide short-term income support to eligible tenants 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.

The Health Service Executive has advised that the person concerned is in receipt of a rent supplement payable at the maximum rate applicable to her circumstances but is seeking alternative accommodation in Co. Kildare. It has further advised that the person concerned may be seeking accommodation that is in excess of the prescribed limits

The Executive has advised that the person concerned should contact the community welfare officer with responsibility for the administration of rent supplement in the area that she wishes to relocate to, in advance of her move to determine any entitlements she may have.