175. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a spouse of a recently deceased person who is in receipt of an invalidity pension cannot qualify for a widow’s or widower’s pension but a spouse who is working and earning a salary is entitled to a widow’s or widower’s pension if his or her spouse dies; her views on whether this inequity is fair; if her attention has been drawn to the burden this can place on households in which the main earner dies and the household is dependent on the invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21251/19]

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175. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a spouse of a recently deceased person who is in receipt of an invalidity pension cannot qualify for a widow’s or widower’s pension but a spouse who is working and earning a salary is entitled to a widow’s or widower’s pension if his or her spouse dies; her views on whether this inequity is fair; if her attention has been drawn to the burden this can place on households in which the main earner dies and the household is dependent on the invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21251/19]

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