Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 977: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when rent support will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1626/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the Department by the Health Service Executive 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 Executive has advised that the person concerned had been in receipt of rent supplement of €893.70 per month. It was necessary to review her entitlement when the Executive became aware that the person concerned was in receipt of income from maintenance which had not been previously disclosed. Following the review, it was decided that she is entitled to a reduced rate of rent supplement of €503.70 per month. The person concerned has now advised that she is no longer in receipt of maintenance payments. The Executive has requested documentary evidence to this effect and has advised that her entitlement to rent supplement will be reviewed once such evidence has been provided.