Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 270: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is in receipt of their full entitlement to a rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4117/10]

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 Service of the Health Service Executive.

The Executive has advised that the person concerned is in receipt of her correct entitlement to rent supplement. The Executive has further advised that if the circumstances of the person concerned have changed then she should contact the community welfare officer at her local health centre.