Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when invalidity pension will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40454/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Invalidity pension is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the contribution conditions. One of the contribution conditions for invalidity pension is that the claimant must have 48 contributions paid or credited in the last complete contribution year before the date of claim. Class A, E or H contributions only are reckonable for invalidity pension purposes. An application for invalidity pension was received from the person concerned. According to the department’s records the person concerned has only 2 qualifying contributions paid in 2011, the governing contribution year in this case and consequently his claim was refused by a deciding officer. The applicant was notified on 21 September 2012 and advised of his right to review or appeal this decision.