Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I cannot speak to how - or even whether - the Department or the Revenue Commissioners imparted the information that would have been valuable to the people to whom the Deputy refers. I can only look into the matter on the Deputy's behalf. I can relate to the fact that their contribution record having been broken has resulted in them getting a lesser pension payment now. The options that would have been available to them were to make those contributions or, just before retirement, to buy credits to supplement their annual contributions over their lifetime of work. Is the Deputy speaking about a large cohort of people?

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