Awaiting the Comment Response Document from EASA.
Due for release 'in the summer'.......
Mind you, with 1556 responses and only 1 Review Team meeting (none other planned, it seems), glib responses such as 'noted' will be unacceptable.
Yes, the EIR would add en-route IFR privileges, but that's about all. Incidentally, the ANO PPL restrictions applicable to JAR-FCL PPLs without IMCRs ceased to apply after 8 Apr 2012 when such licences were 'deemed' part-FCL licences by the UK CAA. So you may fly out of sight of the surface without the need for an IMCR / IR if you wish - assuming you can get up and down again in VMC. This does
NOT apply to non-JAR-FCL PPLs such as the UK PPL.