Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is good to hear. Will the Minister and his Department have any input into negotiations between the EU and the UK to ensure a robust position is taken in respect of the protection of pensioners' rights between the two jurisdictions?

Has the Minister given any thought to reform of the homemaker scheme which came up in the discussion on Deputy Durkan's question about the kind of discrimination that these workers, who are mostly women, feel as they retire? They receive approximately €196 per week or that type of award as their State pension. They feel very hard done by. Has the Minister estimated the cost of reforming the homemaker's scheme to give those workers on home duties or caring a better pension?

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