201. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has sought legal advice in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is 67 years of age, living alone and in receipt of a private pension only, as distinct from a single person in near-identical circumstances who is in receipt of a qualifying payment and a private pension; the reason why the scheme is set up so that in these circumstances, the person of higher means is deemed eligible, and the person with lower means is not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37646/15]

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201. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has sought legal advice in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is 67 years of age, living alone and in receipt of a private pension only, as distinct from a single person in near-identical circumstances who is in receipt of a qualifying payment and a private pension; the reason why the scheme is set up so that in these circumstances, the person of higher means is deemed eligible, and the person with lower means is not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37646/15]

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