Written answers
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Code
9:00 pm
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 378: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Irish, EU and non-EU citizens who were refused a welfare payment in 2011 due to failure to satisfy the habitual residence condition. [5453/12]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The number of applications that have been disallowed welfare payments, based on the failure to satisfy the habitual residence condition (HRC), from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011 is 4,494. A breakdown of the figures by nationality groupings is set out in the following tabular statement.
Table A: Number of Applications disallowed based on HRC in 2011
Scheme | Irish | EU | Non-EU | Total |
Child Benefit | 24 | 861 | 224 | 1,109 |
Disability Allowance | 35 | 309 | 58 | 402 |
Carer's Allowance | 42 | 120 | 60 | 222 |
Jobseeker's Allowance | 310 | 1,761 | 151 | 2,222 |
Interim Jobseeker's Allowance | 28 | 327 | 22 | 377 |
State Pension Contributory | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
One Parent Family Payment | 15 | 111 | 34 | 160 |
Total | 455 | 3,490 | 549 | 4,494 |
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