Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I raise an issue relating to public servants recruited before 1995 who paid class D and class C PRSI contributions. Can this cohort be considered for reassessment of their PRSI contributions? Those on the 1951 pension scheme were not afforded the opportunity to pay full PRSI contributions but those who joined post 1995 were allowed to pay full contributions. Those latter staff now have an entitlement to full State contributory pensions whereas those under the 1951 pension scheme do not. I feel this anomaly, which affects a relatively small, older cohort of people, is adversely affecting a group of people who are mainly in their 70s and many of whom are in their 80s.

Most of these pensioners are getting less than the living wage. Will the Minister consider reviewing their situation and giving them parity of treatment with their fellow workers?

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