Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We have a working title of the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill. From time to time technical changes arise; for example, in many of the recent Bills they related to European requirements regarding pension directives and so forth which periodically we incorporate, as we are required to do, into Irish legislation. There are some technical pension amendments in almost every case. Obviously, the last big piece of work we did in the Dáil was the work done before Christmas specifically regarding pensions. There were a couple of small social welfare adjustments in that as well. As of now, there are no substantial changes pending. We are largely incorporating European regulations and changes into Irish law as they arise.