Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 April 2024
443. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for State pension (contributory) that were refused by her Department in each month of 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [18899/24]
View answerThe data requested by the Deputy is shown in the attached tabular statement. Note that these figures include instances where a person may have been entitled to a higher rate of payment on the State Pension Non-Contributory. In these cases the claim is rejected but the person is awarded the non-contributory pension instead.
|
Month |
Number rejected |
|
January 2023 |
1,138 |
|
February 2023 |
1,231 |
|
March 2023 |
1,284 |
|
April 2023 |
997 |
|
May 2023 |
1,421 |
|
June 2023 |
1,327 |
|
July 2023 |
1,164 |
|
August 2023 |
1,074 |
|
September 2023 |
1,384 |
|
October 2023 |
1,442 |
|
November 2023 |
1,499 |
|
December 2023 |
905 |
|
January 2024 |
1,467 |
|
February 2024 |
1,269 |
|
March 2024 |
1,373 |
