Brendan Howlin
Ceist:454 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the South Eastern Health Board has refused a rent supplement to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford due to the fact that his landlord has failed to provide verification of his tenancy and rent payments; his views on whether the onus to prove tenancy and rent payments is on a tenant who is vulnerable to eviction and in no position to demand this proof from a landlord; if he will request that the health board seek verification of tenancy and rent by some alternative means in order that this tenant can avail of his entitlement to rent supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7945/99]