Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 April 2024
41. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants who have been refused insurance-based private pensions on the basis of insufficiency of contributions over their working lives or part thereof; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18338/24]
View answerMy Department does not administer private pensions mentioned by the Deputy. The number of claims which were rejected for the contributory social insurance-based pension, the State Pension (Contributory), in each of the last five years are shown in the table below. These figures include claims which may have been rejected for reasons other than insufficient contributions, such as when an individual may have been financially better off on the State Pension (Non-Contributory).
Table 1: Number of State Pension (Contributory) claims rejected, by year
|
Year |
Claims rejected |
|
2023 |
15,918 |
|
2022 |
12,207 |
|
2021 |
14,358 |
|
2020 |
13,742 |
|
2019 |
16,063 |
