Dáil Éireann - Volume 409 - 19 June, 1991

Written Answers. - Social Welfare Benefit.

51. Mrs. Owen asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will give details of the proportion of the supplementary welfare allowance which is being paid to people in County Dublin as a rent subsidy.

Minister for Social Welfare (Dr. Woods): Statistics are not maintained by the health boards in such a way as to [2416] provide the information requested by the Deputy.

I am discussing with the boards the question of providing more detailed statistical analyses of the scheme, including more detailed information on rent supplementation.