Written answers
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Department of Social Protection
Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who is in receipt of a jobseeker's allowance and his or her partner is participating on a community employment scheme, whether that person's partner's income from the community employment is disregarded for rent allowance purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26600/15]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The supplementary welfare allowance rate for a family comprising two adults and a child is €340.60. Any income over this amount is considered additional earnings and affects the rate of rent supplement allowable. In this case, the client has additional household earnings from their Community Employment programme that reduces their entitlement to rent supplement. Consequently, their contribution towards their rent is €59.50 per week.
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