Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 202: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange financial assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan. [14392/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The supplementary welfare allowance scheme (SWA) is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE). Apart from a number of excluded categories, anyone in the State who satisfies a habitual residency condition and a means test, has registered for employment, unless they have a physical or mental disability, and can prove unemployment may qualify for a weekly payment of SWA.

The HSE has advised that the person concerned was refused SWA on the grounds that he was not considered to be habitually resident in the State. The HSE further advised that the person concerned appealed the decision to the HSE Appeals Office and that the decision was upheld by the HSE Appeals Officer.