Income Support - Public Submission 14 - Submission - 12 February 2009

Published on: 12 February 2009

Committee/Panel: Health and Social Security Panel

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GOOD MORNING,

I DO CURRENTLY GET RENT REBATE FROM YOURSELVES OF ROUGHLY £44.00 WEEKLY.

WELL THE ONE THING I MUST SAY THAT ANGERS ME NO END IS, WHEN I GET PAY-RISE FROM WORK I SEND ALL INFORMATION TO YOU STRAIGHT AWAY. AND YOU DEDUCT IT FROM MY RENT REBATE IMMEDIATELY.

BUT THAN WHEN MY RENT WENT UP, AND I ONCE AGAIN SENT YOU ALL INFORMATION, AS I DO WITH EVERYTHING, I WAS TOLD

MY RENT REBATE WILL NOT BE GOING UP TO MEET WITH MY RENT INCREASE.

AND ALSO WITH THE EXTORTIONATE RAISE OF 24% IN ELECTRICITY & G.S.T, MY RENT REBATE HAS NEVER GONE UP TO HELP WITH ALL

THE EXTRA COSTS.

I LIVE ON MY OWN & MY WAGES ARE NOT THAT BRILLIANT, SO WHY ARE THEY QUICK ENOUGH TO TAKE MONEY OFF ME WHEN I GET

A 3% PAY RISE, BUT J.E.C.& STATES CAN PUT EVERYTHING UP BUT MY RENT REBATE STAYS THE SAME.

I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG THERE & IT IS VERY VERY UNFAIR, AS IT IS A BIG STRUGGLE EVEN MORE NOW WITH ALL THESE EXTREME PRICE INCREASES.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR RESPONSE ON THIS MATTER KIND REGARDS