PQ 2055
2055. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider the requirement in forms for a State Pension (contributory) to provide details of workplaces of an applicant, the periods they worked in specific workplaces and their roll numbers; the reason such information is requested when an applicant is incapacitated and the form is being completed on their behalf; if State records of their PRSI contributions could be reviewed for the purposes of acquiring this information; his views on the need to ensure that persons who are incapacitated by illness are not unfairly barred from accessing a State pension; and to make a statement on the matter. [62248/26]
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7 September 2026
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2055. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider the requirement in forms for a State Pension (contributory) to provide details of workplaces of an applicant, the periods they worked in specific workplaces and their roll numbers; the reason such information is requested when an applicant is incapacitated and the form is being completed on their behalf; if State records of their PRSI contributions could be reviewed for the purposes of acquiring this information; his views on the need to ensure that persons who are incapacitated by illness are not unfairly barred from accessing a State pension; and to make a statement on the matter. [62248/26]
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