(Ireland, politics) provision by the state of accommodation and living expenses to registered asylum seekers, who are not allowed to work for pay.
2000 April 10, Brian O Raghallaigh, "S.W.A. Circular No. 04/00", S. W. A. [Supplementary Welfare Allowance] section, Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs:
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