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

I do not know and will have to look into it. When they were receiving a payment on top of the small income they had, they would have made class S contributions and have the ability to fill the gaps that may now exist in their records by buying voluntary contributions. When the changes were made to attribute their credits to them, we fixed that anomaly. What the Deputies are requesting now is to go back and allow people who were working and receiving an income from the State to also claim caring credits.

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