415 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the instructions she has issued throughout her Department to persons dealing directly with members of the public, Irish nationals and non-Irish nationals, to render it difficult if not impossible to qualify for various social welfare or Health Service Executive payments or supports in some cases in violation of precedent and international human rights; if it is intended by the application of such guidelines to starve out specific categories; if cognisance is taken of the potential hardship caused in such cases; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the habitual residency clause as currently applied is based on unsound legal grounds; if it is her intention to force people to emigrate by the use of such methods; the way this equates with the previously stated objective of the requirement of an extra 500,000 immigrants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47234/08]

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415 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the instructions she has issued throughout her Department to persons dealing directly with members of the public, Irish nationals and non-Irish nationals, to render it difficult if not impossible to qualify for various social welfare or Health Service Executive payments or supports in some cases in violation of precedent and international human rights; if it is intended by the application of such guidelines to starve out specific categories; if cognisance is taken of the potential hardship caused in such cases; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the habitual residency clause as currently applied is based on unsound legal grounds; if it is her intention to force people to emigrate by the use of such methods; the way this equates with the previously stated objective of the requirement of an extra 500,000 immigrants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47234/08]

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