Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 430: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for rent allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42710/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the Department by the Health Service Executive (HSE), as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support 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.

The person concerned is in receipt of rent supplement but is not satisfied with the amount of the supplement. The Executive has advised that she has lodged an appeal against the decision on her entitlement to rent supplement to the Executive's designated Appeals Officer who will contact her directly when a decision has been made on her appeal.