Written answers
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Department of Social Protection
Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent support is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19618/13]
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent support is payable in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who has accumulated considerable rent arrears and is in danger of being evicted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19713/13]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 111 and 119 together.
The Rent Supplement claim in this case was suspended, pending establishment of entitlement to a primary social welfare payment. The person concerned made a repeat claim for Jobseekers Allowance in December 2012, following suspension of an earlier Jobseekers Allowance claim that was disallowed in August 2011 which was upheld on appeal in September 2012. The current Jobseekers Allowance claim has now been disallowed on the basis that the person concerned failed to provide evidence of the circumstances and means. As it has been decided that there is no entitlement to a primary social welfare payment, the person concerned is not entitled to Rent Supplement. The person concerned has a right of appeal in relation to the disallowance of the Jobseekers Allowance claim.
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