Aengus Ó Snodaigh
Question:378. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive credits. [40940/24]
View answerTuesday, 15 October 2024
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The person concerned reached pension age on 13 June 2020.
The records of my Department show that the person concerned paid Class S contributions from 1995 to 2001. There are no subsequent paid contributions on their record. Self-employed Class S contributions are not reckonable for the award of credits. As such, there was no entitlement to credited contributions for any of the years after 2001.
An application for State Pension (contributory) was received on 17 February 2020. Based on the records of my Department the person concerned has a total of 739 paid contributions, 175 credited contributions and 512 HomeCaring Periods which gives entitlement to 68.58% of the maximum rate of state pension (contributory).
I have arranged for a copy of the social insurance record of the person concerned to issue. If they consider that there are additional contributions or credits that have not been recorded, it is open to them to forward documentary evidence to Social Welfare Services, College Road, Sligo, F91 T384.
It is also open to them to apply for the state pension (non-contributory) which is a means-tested payment with a maximum payment of 95% of the state pension (contributory).
I hope this clarifies the position.