Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the delay in issuing a payment to a person (details supplied), as the person currently has no income and no way of supporting themselves. [17399/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned is a Lithuanian national and made an application for supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) on 23 March 2015. He advised the Designated Person investigating his claim that he had come to Ireland after a period being resident in Denmark and that he had previously lived in Ireland. As the most recent payment made to him from this Department was in July 2013, he was asked to provide evidence of how he has supported himself or provided for his accommodation since then and to provide details of his time spent living in Denmark and how he had supported himself while there.

He has failed to provide the requested information to date. Consequently his claim for SWA was disallowed on the grounds that he is not habitually resident in the State, that he failed to provide the requested documentation regarding his means, and that he failed to apply for a statutory payment.

The person concerned was sent written notification of this decision, the grounds for it and advised of his right to submit an appeal to the independent Social Welfare Appeals Office. Of course, should he now be in a position to provide the required documentation, he should contact the Designated Person again and request a review of the decision.