Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 April 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Pensions and Social Security: Discussion

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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In the same way, I suppose, as it does for expats living in France or anywhere else in the world. I know there is a deadline coming up shortly for British and Irish people here who claim British pensions.

Dr. Fitzpatrick and Dr. Charles O'Sullivan assert that a constitutional reunification process provides an opportunity to build a new welfare state from the ground up, prioritising the social, economic and cultural rights of contemporary society. Who would be responsible for driving this? Who should facilitate the discussions that need to be had between the Department of Social Protection and the Department for Communities in the North, to tease these things out?