Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 101: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a supplementary welfare payment can be made on humanitarian grounds in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31854/07]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The supplementary welfare allowance scheme (SWA), which is administered on my behalf by the Community Welfare staff of the Health Service Executive, is one of a number of social assistance schemes which, with effect from 1 May 2004, is subject to a habitual residence condition. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned is not entitled to supplementary welfare allowance as he does not satisfy the habitual residency condition.