Rent Supplement is administered on behalf of the Department by the Community Welfare Service of the Health Service Executive as part of the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme.
Payment of Rent Supplement is normally calculated to ensure that a person, after the payment of rent, has an income equal to the rate of Supplementary Welfare Allowance appropriate to their family circumstances, less a minimum weekly contribution of €24, which recipients are required to pay from their own resources. Many recipients pay more than €24 because they are also required, subject to income disregards, to contribute any additional assessable means that they have, over and above the appropriate rate of Supplementary Welfare Allowance, towards their accommodation costs.
The Executive has advised that the person concerned is in receipt of her full entitlement to Rent Supplement based on her income from One-parent Family Payment, Part-time Earnings and Maintenance.