Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have raised this question previously. It relates to people with insufficient contributions to qualify for either self-employment based contributions or PRSI contributions in the normal way and who do not qualify for any pension. When I was in the Department once upon a time, I brought about some changes in this area, which made an improvement. Unfortunately, with the cutbacks during the financial crash, all of them have been eroded. This measure could be considered now. I spoke with the Minister about it before.

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