Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 March 2025
349. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount in social welfare payments that have been paid out to people who have received deportation orders in each of the past five years. [12974/25]
View answerThe Department of Justice regularly notifies my Department with details of persons who are subject to deportation orders. The details are matched against social welfare records and if a person is in receipt of a payment, the scheme area is notified, and the payment is stopped.
A person who is subject to a deportation order is considered not to satisfy the habitual residence condition as they do not have an unqualified legal right of residence in the State. If a person does not satisfy the habitual residence condition, they are ineligible for social assistance payments.
I trust that this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
