106. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the highest concentration of applications for rent assistance payments are found in areas where the subvention limit is generally lower than average market rent rates; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that more than 50% of people on housing waiting lists are concentrated in just seven counties; if she will agree that there is a significant relationship between the two statistics; if she is developing proposals to tackle the rent assistance pressure points around the country such as the Leixlip, Celbridge, Maynooth area of Kildare where rent assistance subvention limit is clearly beneath the average market rents in the area; if she will provide any information on discussions she may have had with the Department the Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the use of National Asset Management Agency properties to alleviate rent assistance pressure points; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44569/12]

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106. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the highest concentration of applications for rent assistance payments are found in areas where the subvention limit is generally lower than average market rent rates; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that more than 50% of people on housing waiting lists are concentrated in just seven counties; if she will agree that there is a significant relationship between the two statistics; if she is developing proposals to tackle the rent assistance pressure points around the country such as the Leixlip, Celbridge, Maynooth area of Kildare where rent assistance subvention limit is clearly beneath the average market rents in the area; if she will provide any information on discussions she may have had with the Department the Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the use of National Asset Management Agency properties to alleviate rent assistance pressure points; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44569/12]

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