Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts Supreme Court (Irlanda)

Date: 11/21/2019

Subject: The decision of the Supreme Court, pronounces itself on the possibility, for extra-EU nationals, to receive child benefits for dependant children in case the status of the parents has not yet been defined, but the child is an Irish national or has acquired the status of refugee, recalling the norms of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and of the ECHR, the EU legislation relevant in such matter and the jurisprudence of the Courts of Strasbourg and Luxembourg

Parties: Michael (a minor), Sarah (a minor), Azmi (a minor), Afsar (a minor), (all suing through their mother and next friend Ms. X), Ms. Z. and Ms. X v. Minister for Social Protection, the Attorney General and Ireland

Original language: Irish

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 18 Right to asylum - Solidarity - Art. 34 Social security - Citizens’ rights - Art. 45 Freedom of movement - Freedom of residence

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