Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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86. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide information on the new local housing allowances retractions and guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43825/13]

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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87. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the new changes regarding rental assistance will impact on all payments immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43826/13]

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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88. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is additional help or support to those who are hardest hit and is there any discretionary payment fund when it comes to the issue of rental assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43827/13]

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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89. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the method that local housing allowances will be implemented in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43828/13]

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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90. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are changes planned for the direct payment of local authority renter allowances to landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43829/13]

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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91. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if direct payments to landlords will be allowed in the social rent sector in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43830/13]

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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93. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which housing costs will be calculated in the future with regard to rental payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43840/13]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 86 to 91, inclusive, and 93 together.

I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 237, 238, 239, 208 and 209 of 15 October, 2013 which sets out the position in these matters.