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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\u2019s state when the UK leaves the EU. The agreement, at the link below, allows for the payment of uprated state pensions to recipients living in Ireland.<\/p>
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http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/622/pdfs/uksi_20190622_en.pdf<\/a><\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1081922/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " A list of overseas countries where the State Pension is up-rated annually is available at:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pensions-annual-increases-if-you-live-abroad/countries-where-we-pay-an-annual-increase-in-the-state-pension<\/a><\/p> <\/p> A list of countries where State Pensions are in payment but are not uprated can be generated by accessing: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk<\/a><\/p> <\/p>