John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 877: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if payments will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the benefit owed to them will be awarded; if she will expedite the matter. [33492/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the Department by the Community Welfare Service of the Health Service Executive, as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme.

The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term 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 another source.

The Executive has advised that payment of rent supplement was suspended when it came to the attention of the Executive that the person concerned has undeclared income. An appeal against the decision to suspend payment of rent supplement was made by the person concerned to an Appeals Officer of the Executive. No decision has been made on the appeal to date.