Written answers

Tuesday, 28 March 2006

Department of Defence

Pension Provisions

11:00 pm

Photo of Billy TimminsBilly Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 510: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if their case will be examined with a view to granting a pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11918/06]

Photo of Willie O'DeaWillie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The person in question is not eligible for a spouse's pension from my Department because her late husband, who retired from the Defence Forces in 1982, was not a member of the spouses and children's contributory pension scheme for enlisted personnel. He opted out of membership of the scheme on its introduction in 1978 and, when given a second opportunity to join the revised scheme in 1985, again chose not to do so. I understand that the person concerned is in receipt of a widow's contributory pension under the Social Welfare Acts.

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