Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 253: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if Ireland has a bilateral agreement with Canada for pension purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21345/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland has a bilateral Agreement on social security with Canada and it came into force on 1st January 1992. The main purpose of the agreement is to protect the social security pension rights of people who have worked in Ireland and who have worked and/or resided in Canada. The agreement also deals with the social security status of workers who are sent on temporary assignments from Ireland to Canada.

The agreement is currently in operation and working satisfactorily.