Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 71: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a review of the entitlement to rent support entitlement will take place in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25301/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The answer remains as previously advised in Question Number 165 which I provided to the Deputy on 14th July 2011. The Health Service Executive has advised that on 24th May 2011, the designated Appeals Officer upheld the decision of the Community Welfare Officer not to award a rent supplement to the person concerned on the grounds that the rent payable was in excess of the prescribed limit for a single person.