Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 255: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of welfare payments broken down by nationality and citizenship; the number of persons who applied for and were refused payment under the various schemes based on the failure of the person to satisfy the habitual residence condition in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47249/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The numbers of those who were found not to satisfy the habitual residence condition, broken down by scheme and for each of the last 3 years, is as follows: 2007 2008 2009

Jobseeker's Allowance 4007 3891 7260

One-parent Family 284 210 381

Child Benefit 577 1102 1860

Disability Allowance 196 278 629

Carers Allowance 65 87 210

It is not possible to give an annual breakdown for the following schemes but the total numbers disallowed are as follows:

State Pension non-con pension 2007-2009 146

Widows non-con pension 2007-2009 11

Blind Pension 2007-2009 3

One-Parent Family (Widows) 2007-2009 9

The Habitual Residence Condition must be satisfied by those on means tested payments, contributory schemes are not affected.

The details of the nationality of claimants, where available, are set out by scheme in tabular format below.