Brendan Ryan (Dublin North, Labour)
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Question 76: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider changing one of the conditions of the rental accommodation scheme, whereby a local authority housing applicant may not avail of the scheme if he or she is not in receipt of rent supplement. [8046/11]

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Households that are assessed by a housing authority to have a housing need have a range of housing supports available to satisfy their need regardless of whether or not they are in receipt of rent supplement. Included in these supports are availability arrangements, similar to rental accommodation scheme arrangements, under the social housing leasing initiative. As with the rental accommodation scheme, one the main features of the scheme is that local authorities in sourcing accommodation make use of the private and voluntary sector and enter into contractual arrangements to secure medium to long-term availability of rented accommodation. Policies on assessment of housing needs and setting of allocations are matters for individual local authorities.