(1) A person is a qualified person for the purpose of receiving domiciliary care allowance in respect of a qualified child if -
(a) the child normally resides with that person,
(b) that person provides for the care of the child, and
(c) the person -
(i) is habitually resident in the State, or
(ii) at the date of the making of the application for domiciliary care allowance, is a person to whom paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 219(2) applies.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) (a) the Minister may by regulation make rules for determining with whom a qualified child is to be regarded as normally residing.