Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 1 December 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes
9:30 am
Ms Teresa Leonard:
The situation that would warrant more women getting non-contributory pension is because contributory pensioners can claim for a qualified adult but in many cases that qualified adult is better off applying for a non-contributory pension. On pensions, as with all other schemes, we look to see which is the best option for the individuals where they would be financially better off. We recommend to them to move towards a non-contributory pension if there is no other means in household bar the contributory pension to which they are both parties.
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