Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will describe it, in case I have misunderstood the Senator. Take, for example, an Irish gentleman who has worked for some time in Ireland, in London and in Berlin. When he retires his pension contributions will be an amalgamation of the contributions made in three countries. The Irish system will pay him, and the information will be shared through the social security arrangements we have. The UK will continue to give us the details it holds on the contributions the man made in London, and the Berlin social security system will give us the details of the contributions he made in Berlin. We will then determine what the pension is and pay it accordingly.