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Health support payment for former residents not ordinarily resident in State
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5. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister shall, upon—
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(a) application, in a form (which may include a statutory declaration) specified by the Minister for the purposes of this section, made to him or her by, or on the behalf of, a person in respect of whom the Minister is satisfied is a former resident, and
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(b) subject to subsection (3), being satisfied that the former resident is not ordinarily resident in the State,
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make a payment once only in the amount of €3,000 to the former resident.
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(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to a former resident in respect of whom the Minister is satisfied is—
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(a) a relevant participant, or
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(b) a relevant person who has received a payment under section 18(5) of the Act of 2023.
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(3) For the purposes of this section, a former resident shall be taken to be not ordinarily resident in the State only where his or her principal place of residence, in the 12 months immediately preceding his or her application referred to in subsection (1)(a), has been outside the State.
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(4) Notwithstanding any other enactment but subject to the taking of suitable and specific measures—
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(a) the Minister may disclose personal data, including special categories of personal data, to the Chief Deciding Officer where necessary and proportionate to enable the Chief Deciding Officer to process such data pursuant to, and for the purposes of, section 18(7A)(a) of the Act of 2023, and
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(b) the Minister may process personal data, including special categories of personal data, disclosed to him or her by the Chief Deciding Officer, pursuant to section 18(7A)(b) of the Act of 2023, where necessary and proportionate for the purposes of enabling the Minister to determine whether or not he or she is satisfied, as referred to in subsection (2), in respect of a former resident.
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(5) In this section, “Chief Deciding Officer” has the same meaning as it has in section 2 of the Act of 2023.
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