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
Mr. Tim Duggan:
As the Deputy said, it is handy for us to hang it on an existing Statute, because it is better understood in the sense that the representative groups use that Act and advise people, provide guidance and training and all those good things on the basis of that Act. The knowledge in the sector is based on that Act. To do something else would have introduced significant confusion and may have introduced legal anomalies that could be challenged. It therefore does not make sense for us to come up with a regime alternative to the one that is well ensconced.
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