137 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rationale for applying the current formula used to assess entitlement to a pre-1953 State pension where credits from a country with which Ireland has a bilateral agreement are used to satisfy the minimum number of contributions required; if his attention has been drawn to the anomalous position whereby once this minimum is reached, every extra non-Irish contribution results in a smaller payment for the applicant; the rationale for not basing the formula on the number of Irish credits as a proportion of total credits up to 260 credits; if his attention has further been drawn to the way in which the formula differs from the full State pension; if the effect of this formula is in keeping with Ireland’s bilateral agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12560/08]

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137 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rationale for applying the current formula used to assess entitlement to a pre-1953 State pension where credits from a country with which Ireland has a bilateral agreement are used to satisfy the minimum number of contributions required; if his attention has been drawn to the anomalous position whereby once this minimum is reached, every extra non-Irish contribution results in a smaller payment for the applicant; the rationale for not basing the formula on the number of Irish credits as a proportion of total credits up to 260 credits; if his attention has further been drawn to the way in which the formula differs from the full State pension; if the effect of this formula is in keeping with Ireland’s bilateral agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12560/08]

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