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Mon 07 Jul 2010Citizens refused social welfare on residency grounds
IRISH CITIZENS are being left homeless because they are being refused social welfare payments on the basis that they are not habitually resident in the State, an NGO (non-governmental organisation) has claimed.
More than 3,300 Irish people have been refused social welfare and other benefits in the past six years because they did not fulfil conditions set down by the habitual residence condition (HRC).
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