Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 October 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Discussion

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have all of the information on our website. I take the point that we need to reassure people that if they have worked in the UK and are now living in Ireland there are benefits they can get and they should make sure to check that out. I do not know if we ever do campaigns around that. I am not sure. Perhaps we have done in the past. We have general campaigns on what people are entitled to, but we will consider this specific matter. The Chairman is absolutely correct. People will be concerned about whether they will still get their UK pensions. That is one thing they are worried about. We will reassure them. There is no reason we could not do an information campaign as part of the overall Brexit information which will be provided through the Government over the next number of months. Minds will be focused as we get closer to the date.

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