Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent)
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30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) to ascertain if she is receiving full entitlements regarding pension payments. [48513/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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In order to qualify for a maximum rate contributory pension, in addition to having at least 520 paid contribution weeks since first entry into insurance, an applicant must have a yearly average of 48 paid and/or credited contributions.

According to the records of the Department, the person concerned first entered insurable employment in 1963 and reached 65 years of age in November 2012. The assessment period for calculating her yearly average contributions for state pension (transition) eligibility is from 1963 to 2012 (49 years). She has a total of 1,555 reckonable paid and credited contributions over that period, giving her a yearly average of 32.

On reaching 66 years of age, the person concerned automatically transferred to state pension (contributory) at her correct weekly rate of entitlement.