Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of recipients of non contributory old age pension; the degree, if any, to which this number has fluctuated in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50138/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is in the tabular statement. The number of recipients of State Pension (Non-contributory) has been relatively stable over the period in question.

Tabular statement