Dáil debates

Wednesday, 21 March 2007

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages

 

5:00 pm

Photo of Willie PenroseWillie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)

Somebody in the Department can prepare the report. We often talk about the permanent government.

The habitual residence condition is causing angst among the public. The free legal advice centres organisation, FLAC, has expressed deep concern about it and is strongly of the view that it is an impediment to the universality and applicability of child benefit. I will withdraw the amendment if the Minister commits to the preparation of a report on the impact of this condition, the numbers disallowed on this basis and the reasons for those disallowals.

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