Rent supplements are provided through the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which is administered on my behalf by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive. One of the conditions for receipt of rent supplement is that the tenant must be in need of accommodation and be unable to obtain it from within his or her own resources. Local housing authorities assess the accommodation needs.
The Dublin-mid-Leinster area of the executive has advised that the person concerned was referred to her local authority for an assessment of her housing needs. Having completed its assessment, the local authority advised the executive that the person concerned is not considered to be in need of housing as she has the option of living in the family home. In these circumstances, she does not satisfy the conditions for receipt of rent supplement under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme.