Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael)
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544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8331/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned has been awarded state pension (contributory) with effect from the 14 of May 2014.

The decision has been made based on the current available social insurance record of the person concerned, comprising 1,404 reckonable paid and credited contributions. This results in a reduced rate pension entitlement based on a yearly average of 31 contributions covering the period January 1969 to the end of December 2013.

The person concerned has been notified in writing of this decision and due arrears will issue shortly.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.