Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 214: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39004/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) scheme, which is administered on my behalf by the Community Welfare Division of the Health Service Executive, provides for the payment of rent supplement to eligible people whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs.

The Health Service Executive has advised that the person concerned is not eligible for rent supplement. She has been refused rent supplement on the grounds that she is not in receipt of a social welfare payment and is currently participating in full-time education.

The person concerned has been advised by the community welfare officer of her right to lodge an appeal against the decision with the Appeals Office of the Health Service Executive.