Rent allowance eligibility
Sandra McLellan challenges the Taoiseach’s figures about a three-day worker receiving rent allowance, while the Taoiseach says the figures may be wrong and were intended to illustrate work incentives.
Earlier the Taoiseach spoke about a guy who was on a three day week and was receiving unemployment assistance. The Taoiseach said he was getting rent allowance and his income was getting up to €900. How is that?
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Has there been a change? I do not believe he would qualify for that.
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They are the figures given to me. They may not be correct, but I was talking about incentive.
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They are not. The fact he is working for three days means he does not get rent allowance.
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One will not qualify for rent allowance.