Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 183: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will consider making the old age State pension of a person (details supplied) in County Cork payable on a Thursday instead of Friday as they have no transport to the post office to collect their payment and do not have a bank account. [15582/07]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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I introduced legislation (under the Social Welfare Law Reform and Pension Act 2006) whereby all persons in receipt of State Pension (Transition) would transfer automatically to the State Pension (Contributory) on attaining age 66. State Pension (Transition) is paid on a Thursday and State Pension (Contributory) is paid on Friday. The change was implemented from January 2007 for customers receiving payment by electronic fund transfer. Customers paid by personal payable order were transferred to State Pension Contributory from 30th March 2007. An additional one day's payment was included in the first order in their new book.

For customers who are unable to collect their payment on a Friday, arrangements can be made for collection on any day of the week thereafter excluding Sunday.