Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 November 2004
174 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he expects to issue approval for rent assistance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30922/04]
View answerRent supplements are provided for through the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. The scheme is administered by the health boards and neither I nor my Department have any function in determining entitlement in individual cases.
The South Western Area Health Board has advised that it has no record of an application for rent supplement from the person concerned. An officer of the board has called to his residence and, while he failed to speak with the person concerned, an application form was left with a relative for his attention. When the person concerned supplies the necessary information, the board will determine his entitlement.
