Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 April 2018
229. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of an invalidity pension by those who are under 66 years of age and over 66 years of age, respectively. [16854/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraAll Invalidity Pension recipients, when they reach their 66th birthday, transfer automatically to the State Pension (Contributory) at the full rate.
At the end of March there were 57,709 people in receipt of an invalidity pension payment, of whom 57,670 were under 66 years of age. The remaining 39 recipients were people whose 66th birthday fell in their final week of receipt of Invalidity Pension before transfer to State Pension (Contributory).
