Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 368: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number Irish citizens whose applications for various social welfare payments were refused in each of the past five years to date in 2011 under the habitual residency criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3813/11]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I have set out below a table which sets out by scheme the number of Irish people who were disallowed a social welfare payment based on the failure to satisfy the habitual residence condition during the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Due to industrial action which took place during the first half of 2010 figures in respect of 2010 are incomplete.

Table: Habitual Residency Condition Disallowance 2006-2010

Irish nationals returning to Ireland on a permanent basis should experience no difficulty in demonstrating that they satisfy the requirements of the habitual residence condition.