Pensions Reform
Dail Éireann — 2023-03-28
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David Stanton (FG), Cork East

I came across a case recently where a gentleman had not quite made the 520 contributions. His wife is working and the household income deprives him of the non-contributory payment. He has no payment, but he is just short of 520 contributions. In the past, we had pro rata pensions for people who did not quite make the 520 contributions. Will the Minister give consideration to that again, with regard to cases such as this, where people might even get half a pension? This man might have 510 contributions but he cannot get any pension at all. The Minister might give consideration to this. We had that in the past where farmers, in particular, who came in late and did not make the full ten years were able to draw down the pro rata pension.

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Sitting date: 2023-03-28