Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person who is coming to live in Ireland from Romania and who has a disability may transfer a disability payment between the two states; and the steps necessary to progress this. [37082/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The question of whether a Romanian disability payment is exportable to this country is a matter for the Romanian social security authorities to determine.

Under the EU Regulations for the Coordination of Social Security Systems, contributory payments that are payable by any of the Member States of the European Union are exportable to any of the other Member States. However, the exportability or otherwise of non-contributory payments is determined having regard to the specific nature of that payment.

As no details have been provided in relation to the nature of the disability payment in question, it is not possible to give the Deputy a precise reply in relation to the exportability of that payment.

However, where a person who is in receipt of a Romanian disability payment moves to live in Ireland and that person seeks to have that payment paid to him or her in Ireland, the person should contact the relevant Romanian social security authorities who are responsible for making that payment to see if it can be exported and, if so, to make the necessary arrangements.