Written answers
Tuesday, 21 February 2017
Department of Social Protection
State Pensions
John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons, broken down by gender, who were awarded a contributory State pension in 2015 and 2016; the total number of lifetime social insurance contributions, paid and credited, made by those persons, by gender; the total number of lifetime credited contributions made by those persons, by gender; the quantity of each type of credited contribution for those persons, by gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8246/17]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The following table shows the number of persons, by gender, who were awarded a state pension (contributory) in 2015 and 2016.
Year | Male | Female | Total |
---|---|---|---|
2015 | 18,392 | 12,061 | 30,453 |
2016 | 18,907 | 12,541 | 31,448 |
Entitlement to state pension (contributory) is decided having regard to an individual’s social insurance contribution history. It is not possible to quantify or aggregate the number of paid and/or credited social insurance contributions for the people who were awarded pensions during those years, or to provide a breakdown of the nature of credited contributions, where relevant, relied upon to establish entitlement.
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
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