Social Welfare Code
Dail Éireann — 2024-09-24
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Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (SF), Cork South-Central

The Minister will be familiar with the issue of the widow's and widower's pension. There was a Supreme Court decision in January this year. On 18 June, the Minister said it was her intention to enact legislation before the Dáil recess and that a small amendment was required. That has not happened. I am looking for an update on the extension of the pension payment to non-married and cohabiting couples on account of the Supreme Court decision.

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Sitting date: 2024-09-24