Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I raised a similar question in which I included self-employed persons and returned emigrants, as well as women. I would welcome a review to try to bring about a fairer system.

I have a case in my constituency of a person who worked for two summers as a 16 and 17 year old, emigrated for 20 years and is now a victim of a very harsh averaging system. There are similar situations for self-employed people whose contributions are not being recognised so it would be welcome to review the situation. I know a lot of expense is associated with this and the Minister's reply to my last parliamentary question suggested it would take between €200 million and €300 million to address all the cases.

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