Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if rent allowance is considered reckonable income for the purposes of social housing eligibility by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15103/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Rent Supplement is a short-term housing payment, for eligible people living in private rented accommodation, which would be discontinued where an applicant receives long-term social housing support. Therefore, local authorities may disregard rent supplement when assessing a social housing application.