Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for State pension (contributory) that were refused by her Department in each month of 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [18899/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The data requested by the Deputy is shown in the attached tabular statement. Note that these figures include instances where a person may have been entitled to a higher rate of payment on the State Pension Non-Contributory. In these cases the claim is rejected but the person is awarded the non-contributory pension instead.