Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if additional time to collate required information in respect of an application for rent allowance by a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39944/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The purpose of Rent Supplement is to assist eligible persons living in private rented accommodation, where they are unable to provide for their accommodation costs from their own resources and where they do not have accommodation available to them from any other source.

In order to establish eligibility and means under legislation, certain information/documentation is required in order to complete this assessment.

The person concerned has a pending application for Rent Supplement, registered on 14/9/18. Correspondence was issued to the person concerned on 24/9/18 advising her of outstanding documentation required and informing her that this should be submitted within 7 days in order that her application may be processed.

The date for receipt of the outstanding documentation requested has been extended to 12/10/18 to allow the person concerned additional time to acquire and submit the relevant documentation.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.