Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 226: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons rent allowance has not been awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will review this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32914/11]

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 number 111 which I answered for the Deputy on 20th October 2011. That is, that the designated Appeals Officer upheld the decision 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.

It remains open to the person concerned to make a new application for rent supplement if his circumstances have changed.