Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent support has not been paid since March 2012 in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56234/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned made an application for rent supplement on 4th April 2012. Her application was incomplete and further documentation was requested. One of these was the provision of acceptable proof of having been previously living in rented accommodation for at least 183 days prior to her current claim. Acceptable proof would be a lease agreement in her name or a rent book showing payments over the previous year. Despite further requests to provide this information it was not forthcoming, and her claim was disallowed on this basis.