Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 840: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when persons (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their application for rent allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33825/09]

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 the persons concerned made an application for rent supplement but no decision has been made on the application to date. An industrial dispute involving some of the Community Welfare Officers in the Cork/Kerry region, which had disrupted processing of rent supplement applications, has recently been resolved and the Executive has advised that the application of the persons concerned is now being processed.

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 841: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the status of an application for rent allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33837/09]

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 859: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the status of an application for rent allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33109/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 841 and 859 together.

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 the person concerned was in receipt of rent supplement until 1 August 2009. She has made a new application for rent supplement but no decision has been made on the application to date. An industrial dispute involving some of the Community Welfare Officers in the Cork/Kerry region which had disrupted processing of rent supplement applicants has recently been resolved and the Executive has advised that this persons application is now being processed.