Marie Moloney (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have also spoken a lot about this issue and have put this suggestion forward. I questioned our MEPs, in particular Seán Kelly, MEP, about it when they visited the House. I asked Mr. Kelly what the feeling was in Europe regarding this and he told me that somebody has suggested it but that nobody wanted to speak or hear about it. I heard about an Irishman working on the oil rigs who was being paid by a British company. His wife had to claim child benefit from the UK and could not claim it from Ireland so it works both ways but, as Senator Mooney said, it is probably disproportionate. Irish people working abroad must claim child benefit in the country in which they are being paid.