Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 429: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if urgent and immediate rent assistance will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27633/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which includes rent supplement, is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive.

The Executive has advised that it has not received an application for rent supplement from the person concerned. He should contact his local housing authority with a view to having his housing needs addressed. The person concerned may also contact the community welfare officer at his local health centre to discuss his entitlement, if any, to rent supplement.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 430: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when rent support will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27634/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which includes rent supplement, is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive.

The Executive has advised that it has not received an application for rent supplement from the person concerned. He should contact the community welfare officer at his local health centre if he wishes apply for rent supplement.