Written answers
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Eligibility
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has sufficient contributions to qualify for invalidity pension. [56124/22]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and for no other reason and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions.
To qualify for IP a claimant 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 or second last complete contribution year before the relevant date of their claim. Only PRSI classes A, E ,H & S contributions are reckonable for IP purposes.
Eligibility for IP can only be established on receipt of a completed application form. The person in question should submit an IP application form and their entitlement can then be determined.
I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.
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