Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There are arrangements across the EU, as I said, and there is a bilateral arrangement with the UK. Many cases would traditionally have been dealt with in terms of contributions. The convention on social security between Ireland and the UK, which was put in place in response to the UK leaving the EU post-Brexit, provides for situations where workers have moved between Ireland and the UK. We signed that agreement so all of the benefits we had prior to the UK leaving the EU are still in place, which is very important. As I said, the EU social security co-ordination regulations include provisions to cater for maternity benefit in situations where workers have moved between EU member states. Again, in terms of what arrangements can be put in place with other countries, these are the main ones. We are part of the EU and the UK is our closest neighbour. We do not have any arrangements with other countries that I am aware of.

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