Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is a good bit of work to do on that so that we can get into the detail. The intention is that people who genuinely cared for somebody for more than 20 years, which is a long time, who gave up work and who were not able to work because of that will get credits for that so that they will be able to have their entitlements to the contributory pension. That is the plan. When that is added to the other ten years a person gets for family caring, there is a good bit of work there. We are working on that.