Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 November 2020

Select Committee on Social Protection

Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Further Revised)

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Normally what happens when somebody applies for a non-contributory pension is the previous year's means are assessed. Could people who have become unemployed because of the pandemic not be assessed on this year's means rather than last year's means? It would mean they could get the non-contributory pension.

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