Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance
Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage
4:00 pm
Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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They do not have to lose one to avail of the other. That is good. Amendment No. 37 gets rid of crediting contributions. I ask the Minister to elaborate on why he made this change. Is it not the case that self-employed individuals who may not be in receipt of payments but were availing of crediting contributions will no longer be eligible under the section?