Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of women affected by the marriage bar in relation to pension provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31014/10]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I do not have full information requested by the Deputy. However, I do have some data on marriage gratuities which were normally paid to women who had to retire on marriage grounds provided they had the necessary qualifying service. The qualifying period was six years service before 1st January 1968 and five years service from that date. While I do not have data on the number of such gratuities paid in all years prior to 1973, 1,240 gratuities were paid in the period 1962-1973.