Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department is acutely aware of the challenges faced by people who are homeless. A protocol is in place to ensure a customer-centric and effective approach is applied where individuals and families who are homeless seek assistance and services from the Department of Social Protection in any location across the Country. While the protocol is current, it is under review and an updated version is expected to be finalised in the near future.

A person does not need a permanent address to apply for a social welfare payment or service, or to receive a social welfare payment. Applications for a social welfare scheme can be made at any Intreo centre. Where the person has an immediate need they may apply for a payment under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance Scheme and can be paid without a permanent address.

People who are homeless are advised to register with their Local Authority and to engage with the relevant services available to them, for example, the Homeless Action Team / Housing Assistance Payment Section.

If the Deputy has a specific case in mind, the details can be forwarded to the Department for review of the individual circumstances.

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of non-resident increase for a qualified adult, IQA, recipients where the primary payment is the State contributory pension; the annual value of such IQA payments in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the annual value of all secondary means-tested entitlements issued to non-resident State contributory pension recipients and the associated IQA recipients in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the plans if any she has to means-test such payments in light of the fact that eligibility in Ireland is determined by such criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49041/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by my officials that this analysis will take some time to compile. My officials will therefore send the requested information directly to the Deputy as soon as it is available.