Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision to disallow payment under the rent allowance scheme in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52277/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The application for rent supplement by the person concerned was disallowed for two reasons; the failure to establish a housing need with his local authority and that his rent level exceeded the limit for a single person. When this decision was appealed the Appeals Office overturned the first part of the decision, as they were satisfied that he had established a housing need, but upheld the second part on the basis that the rent payable was above the maximum limit for his circumstances.

If his circumstances have changed, the person concerned is free to make a new application for rent supplement at his local office.