James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 186: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an application for a jobseeker's allowance is being refused on the grounds that the person is not an Irish citizen (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16406/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned submitted an application for jobseekers allowance on 4 April 2011. A condition for receipt of jobseeker's allowance is that a person must be habitually resident in the State. However, he was found not to satisfy this condition. Accordingly, the application was disallowed and he was informed of this decision on 27th May 2011 and of his right of appeal to the Social Welfare Appeals Office.

Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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Question 187: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has had their supplementary welfare payment withdrawn; if she will reinstate the payment in view of the fact that they have been in receipt of it for three years and their circumstances have not changed since then; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16414/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The supplementary welfare allowance scheme is administered on behalf of the Department by the Community Welfare Services division of the Health Service Executive (HSE). The HSE has advised that a payment of a supplementary welfare allowance was given to the person concerned from November 2009 pending the outcome of her claim for a Widow's Non Contributory Pension.

The HSE has further advised that it terminated payment of supplementary welfare allowance in this case from 17th June 2011, following the decision of the Chief Appeals Office to refuse payment of a Widows Non Contributory Pension on the grounds that the person concerned was not considered to be habitually resident in the State.