Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of applications for the State pension (contributory) received in each of the past three years to date; the number granted, refused or pending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35213/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The number of State Pension (Contributory) claims registered, awarded, rejected and pending by year from 2019 to 2021 is shown in Table 1. Registered, awarded and rejected figures are taken as a cumulative total for the year while the pending figure refers to 31st December each year.

Table 1: The number of claims registered, awarded, rejected and pending by year from 2019 to 2021

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of situations in respect of which applications for the State pension (contributory) were refused during the past five years to date due to insufficient contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35214/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department does not have complete data in respect of the information requested by the Deputy.  However, based on the data that is available, it is estimated that at least 80% of SPC applications, which have been refused over the last five years have been as a result of insufficient PRSI contributions.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which self-employed or other contributions in respect of State pension applications to her Department in each of the past five years to date have been refused on the grounds of an insufficiency of contributions; if any consideration has been given to the awarding of pensions in such cases on a pro-rata basis in line with their actual level of contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35215/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is currently being complied by my officials and will be provided to the Deputy as soon as possible.