Mr. Tim Duggan:

Again, that is not accurate. In 2010 the national pensions framework proposed a total contributions approach in the calculation of the State contributory pension. It set out a 30-year model. However, it only set out a requirement to have ten years of credits. Also they were only allowed from 1994 onwards. As such, there have been at least ten years of notification during the 20 year period about which the Senator is talking.