Pensions Reform Dail Éireann — 2023-03-28 ============================================================ Brendan Smith (FF), Cavan-Monaghan The programme for Government 2020 commits to the introduction of a total contributions approach aligning a person's contributory pension more closely with the contributions they make. This will include a provision for credit contributions, ensuring that people who take time off work to care for loved ones are not disadvantaged. Will the Minister outline to the House the progress to date in dealing with this issue and making good the commitment in the programme for Government? --- Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted. Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2023-03-28/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:51:43+00:00 Sitting date: 2023-03-28