Marie Moloney (Labour) | Oireachtas source

Yesterday I spoke at length on the matter and I welcome the move made by the Minister. I can see where Senator Cullinane is coming from because I chatted to him during the break. His proposal refers to a person who has 520 paid contributions. Let us say one was disabled for life following a car crash and could never make a contribution again, which meant one would not reach 520 contributions. Therefore, a person would have credited contributions instead of paid ones through no fault of their own. The Senator wants the Department to seek the amount of paid contributions from the compensator in order that the person's pension is not disadvantaged due to an accident that was not his or her fault.