Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 173: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received a decision in relation to their application for a mortgage interest relief payment in view of the fact that they have supplied all of the information requested by the community welfare officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36813/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Mortgage interest supplement is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive, as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme.

In determining entitlement to mortgage interest supplement, a community welfare officer must fully establish the means of the person concerned. The original loan application, supporting documentation and records of repayments may also be examined in order to assess the capacity of the person to make a long-term commitment to repayment of the loan in question. It is a matter for the community welfare officer to a make a decision on entitlement once s/he is satisfied that all the facts of the case have been established.

The Executive has advised that it has not received all of the documentation it requested in this case. It further advises that it has not received sufficient documentation to allow a decision to be made in this case. A decision on entitlement to mortgage interest supplement will be made when all documentation requested has been received.