35. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the decision by the Minister for Social Protection to maintain the current rate of the rent supplement despite clear evidence that limits are too low for persons to secure accommodation; the measures that are being put in place to address the homelessness crisis arising from the mismatch between rents and rent supplement rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22327/15]

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35. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the decision by the Minister for Social Protection to maintain the current rate of the rent supplement despite clear evidence that limits are too low for persons to secure accommodation; the measures that are being put in place to address the homelessness crisis arising from the mismatch between rents and rent supplement rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22327/15]

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