Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason community welfare officers are permitted to deny supplementary welfare allowance for failure to satisfy the habitual residence condition without offering the applicant a ticket back to the country of previous residence in circumstances where the applicant is unable to avail of any other source of income; the way persons in this situation are expected to avoid destitution and homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34485/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.