Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is an entitlement to PRSI benefits for an Hungarian national who is working part-time during the college term and full-time on holidays in order that his contribution record while here is kept up to date. [41409/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Under EU regulations, EU nationals working in Ireland pay PRSI on the same basis as Irish nationals and those PRSI contributions allow them to gain entitlement to social welfare payments in the same manner.

If an EU national were to claim a social welfare payment in Ireland their contribution history from abroad can be combined with their Irish contribution record to enable them qualify for a payment in Ireland. Similarly, if an EU national were to return to their home country, their Irish contribution record could be used to enable them qualify for a payment there.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.