Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is being refused rent supplement, despite the person meeting the criteria, above the local rent supplement cap as outlined in her Department's information note 201418, and despite the fact that the refusal to grant it in this instance will render the person homeless and in need of emergency accommodation. [22608/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application was received from the person concerned on 20/5/2015 for a rent supplement based on a rent of €900 per month. The person concerned presented as a single person having recently moved from accommodation for which he had been receiving a rent supplement. According to the records of this Department the person concerned did not make contact or provide any reasons for leaving his old accommodation prior to making the new application. The new application was refused as the rent of €900 was €380 per month in excess of the €520 per month maximum rent limit for a single person, and the rent of €900 per month was not considered to be in line with that of the local market for a single person. It is open to the person concerned to appeal this decision to the Social Welfare Appeals Office.