Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 206: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which an alleged debt of €600 in respect of one parent family allowance payment has arisen from in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32737/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An overpayment arose in this case as the income of the person concerned increased when she started a FÁS course in June 2010. Her participation on the FÁS course did not come to notice until April 2011.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 207: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if supplementary welfare allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose application for disability allowance is currently on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32738/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Supplementary welfare allowance payments are continuing to issue to the person concerned.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 208: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 20 September 2011, if payment will issue in respect of a rent support application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32739/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The community welfare service (CWS) and the community welfare officers providing it transferred formally to the Department of Social Protection (DSP) from 1 October 2011. The service and the staff are now part of the DSP.

The position remains as advised in question 99 which I answered for the Deputy on 28th September. That is, the information that was requested previously from the client remains outstanding. The person concerned has been advised that the following documents must be supplied in order for her file to be processed:

· A copy of the Housing Needs Assessment letter from Kildare County Council,

· A completed Habitual Residence Condition form.

· Copy of photo identification.

· 6 months bank statements or if the person concerned does not possess a bank account, a declaration of this fact and.

· A letter from her Social Worker confirming the long term plan regarding access to her eldest daughter.