Noel Ahern
Question:156 Deputy Noel Ahern asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the provisions available for recipients of contributory State pensions who for reasons of ill health are unable to collect their pensions on a weekly basis; in particular, if old age pensioners must collect their pensions on a weekly basis or if there is a certain amount of flexibility in the current arrangements whereby they can collect their pensions every three to four weeks; if there is a limit on the amount of time that can pass before a person must collect their pension; the consequences for a person’s pension entitlements if they have not been able to collect their pension for a number of weeks and if it is normal in such cases to send a person’s entitlements back to the Department; the way in which a person can reclaim a number of weeks’ payments if they have been sent back to the Department; and the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [14386/10]
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