Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to ensure that his Department releases the rent supplement for a person (details supplied). [17655/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned was awarded a rent supplement under the rent supplement initiative in May 2014. In September 2015 the accommodation on which the rent supplement was payable went into receivership. The claimant was requested, as is required in such circumstances, to submit a rent supplement application form completed by the new landlord, the receiver. This application was not received from the claimant and no further contact or explanation was received by the department.

It is understood that a new landlord is now in place for this property and the person concerned wishes to restart their rent supplement payment. For this, a rent supplement application form will have to be completed by both the claimant and the landlord. A rent supplement application form has issued to the person concerned and once it is returned, with any supporting documentation required, it will be processed as soon as possible.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.