Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is discussing reciprocal social security agreements with her Irish counterpart in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

The UK and Ireland have signed a reciprocal agreement which will protect the social security rights of UK and Irish nationals living and/or working in each other’s state when the UK leaves the EU. The agreement can be viewed at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/622/pdfs/uksi_20190622_en.pdf