Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason invalidity pension was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this parliamentary question may be accepted as a request for an appeal; if the person qualiies for any other payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19089/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned is currently in receipt of means tested disability allowance. Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the pay-related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. To date there is no record in the department of receipt of a claim for IP from the person in question.

To qualify for IP claimants must, inter-alia, have at least 260 (5 years) paid PRSI contributions since entering social insurance and 48 contributions paid or credited in the last complete contribution year before the date of their claim. Only PRSI classes A, E or H contributions are reckonable for IP purposes. According to the department’s records, it appears that the person concerned does not satisfy the PRSI contribution criteria for IP. However entitlement to IP can be definitively determined on receipt of a completed claim form.