27 Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is fair that her Department would use a 16 year old’s disability allowance as grounds to reduce their mother’s rent allowance in view of the fact the family lived in local authority accommodation and that any income of her child would be disregarded prior to the age of 18; the consequence of which is that the family are worse off financially than when they received DCA up until they were 16 despite the rising costs of disability as a teenager gets older. [20598/12]

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27 Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is fair that her Department would use a 16 year old’s disability allowance as grounds to reduce their mother’s rent allowance in view of the fact the family lived in local authority accommodation and that any income of her child would be disregarded prior to the age of 18; the consequence of which is that the family are worse off financially than when they received DCA up until they were 16 despite the rising costs of disability as a teenager gets older. [20598/12]

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