Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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1293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason stamps were not credited to a person (details supplied). [36510/18]

Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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The person concerned was in receipt of disability allowance (DA) from 25 April 2007 to 25 February 2014.

While in receipt of DA, you may qualify for credits if you have paid or credited PRSI contributions at PRSI Class A, B, C, D, E, H or P in either of the last two tax years.

For the two years prior to receiving DA the person concerned was self-employed and paid an S Class PRSI contribution. This means that he is not entitled to credits for the period that he was in receipt of DA.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.