Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 July 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2024: Discussion

6:30 pm

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I was curious about why that distinction was made? It is based on another Act, but was there any rationale for the two and five years and not going for bust and saying two years in all cases? It would be quite simple. It is not relevant because it is handier for the Department to hang it on another Act but was there any reason the other Act had two and five years rather than just saying two years in all cases?

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