Dáil debates

Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Ceisteanna - Questions

UK Referendum on EU Membership

3:45 pm

Photo of Enda KennyEnda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There are two things that would apply there. Social welfare changes could apply in two cases following the European Union agreement with Britain. The first of these is that child benefit payable in respect of children of EU migrant workers not living in the same state as their parents could be index-linked after four years to reflect conditions in the country where the child lived. There was a lot of discussion about that issue at the European Council. Second, access to what are called in-work benefits, which essentially are intended as top-up payments for lower-paid workers, could be limited for four years for those who are newly entering the UK labour market with payments graduated upwards over that period. Such people would start off lower and would work upwards.

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