The UK has published the Social Security (Ireland) Order 2019, which was made on 13 March 2019 and provides for the ratification of the social security agreement signed with Ireland on 1 February 2019. The agreement provides for existing reciprocal rights in the field of social security, enjoyed by British and Irish citizens (and certain family members and survivors) under the "Common Travel Area" arrangements and the law of the European Union, to be protected following the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union.