Catherine Murphy
Question:582. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the decision was made to cease the payment of an additional six weeks of contributory pension payments following the death of a spouse in receipt of an independent contributory pension in circumstances in which the spouse who is deceased was also in receipt of a contributory based pension in his or her own right; the reason that change in the situation is not mirrored in the case of a person in receipt of a non-contributory pension; the rationale behind the decision; the financial saving she plans to make; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39384/18]
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