Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when rent allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 whose rent allowance has been suspended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26858/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned has been in receipt of rent supplement from this Department since March 2014. All claims for rent supplement are subject to periodic review, and as part of the review process the Department carries out visits to a person’s residence in order to confirm continued eligibility for this payment.

In the case of the person concerned a Rents Officer visited his address on 16 June 2015. As the person concerned was not at home a note was left for him asking to contact the Rents Unit. To date he has not done so and as a consequence his most recent payment was not issued. However, he is being written to and certain additional information is being sought in relation to his circumstances. In the meantime the suspension of rent supplement is being lifted pending finalisation of this correspondence.