Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown nationally of the amount paid out in rent allowance for the year 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42892/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income 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 any other source. There are currently over 96,200 tenants benefiting from a rent supplement payment - an increase of 61 per cent since the end of 2007. Expenditure on rent supplement for 2009 was €511m with €509m provided for in 2010. Expenditure to date to end October 2010 is €429m.

James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 287: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42899/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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There is no record of an application for Jobseeker's Allowance from the person concerned. He is currently in receipt of casual Jobseeker's Benefit at weekly rate of €196.00 and receives payment each week in respect of days of unemployment.

James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for invalidity pensions in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [42902/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Entitlement to invalidity pension is determined on receipt of a completed application form. There is no record of an application form having been received for the first named customer who is currently in receipt of jobseekers benefit at a weekly personal rate of €196.00.

The other referenced customer is in receipt of invalidity pension which was awarded from 11th February 2010 at the rate of €201.50. This was subsequently reduced to a rate of €182.50, the reduction being applied for the recovery of an overpayment incurred while she was in receipt of illness benefit.

James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the back to work enterprise allowance and jobseeker's allowance has been stopped in relation to a person (details supplied) even though their new enterprise is not making a profit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42903/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The Department has no record of a Jobseeker's Allowance or Back to Work Enterprise Allowance application from the person concerned. If he wishes to submit an application he should contact Longford Local Office as soon as possible.