Pension Provisions
Dail Éireann — 2025-09-25
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Edward Timmins (FG), Wicklow

I ask the Minister to review the contributory pension entitlement for someone with fewer than 520 contributions and look to give them a pro rata pension. This policy imposes a cliff-edge cut-off. It is very unfair. Someone with 519 contributions gets nothing but 520 would entitle them to get between €99 and €120 per week, and sometimes much more.

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Sitting date: 2025-09-25