Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Social welfare expenditure for 2011, including expenditure on payments to persons with disabilities, will be considered in the context of the forthcoming Budget, having regard both to needs and to the resources available to meet those needs. In an uncertain economic environment, my priority will be to ensure that the Government strategy to stabilise the financial position is advanced and to protect those most in need in a manner which is sustainable in the years ahead.

Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 372: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the grounds on which a person (details supplied) in County Cork was refused rent supplement; if he will review the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39868/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned was refused rent supplement as his rent was in excess of the maximum rent limit for his family size. The HSE further advised that the decision to refuse rent supplement was upheld by the HSE Appeals Office. It remains open for the person concerned to appeal the decision to the Social Welfare Appeal Office.