220. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider including in the Social Welfare Bill provision for the small number of persons who are in receipt of the half rate pension for self-employed persons to increase the pension for those persons who have more than 260 full rate contributions but may have not had the full 520 contributions to give them a pension pro rata to their contributions for the ten years that it was possible to be in the system, as opposed to a half rate pension that they receive whereas some of them have contributions in excess of five full years and would entitle them to a higher pension, in view of the fact that this scheme was only introduced in April 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33370/16]

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220. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider including in the Social Welfare Bill provision for the small number of persons who are in receipt of the half rate pension for self-employed persons to increase the pension for those persons who have more than 260 full rate contributions but may have not had the full 520 contributions to give them a pension pro rata to their contributions for the ten years that it was possible to be in the system, as opposed to a half rate pension that they receive whereas some of them have contributions in excess of five full years and would entitle them to a higher pension, in view of the fact that this scheme was only introduced in April 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33370/16]

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1. 8 November 2016

   State Pension (Contributory)

   220. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider including in the Social Welfare Bill provision for the small number of persons who are in receipt of the half rate pension for self-employed persons to increase the pension for those persons who have more than 260 full rate contributions but may have not had the full 520 contributions to give them a pension pro rata to their contributions for the ten years that it was possible to be in the system, as opposed to a half rate pension that they receive whereas some of them have contributions in excess of five full years and would entitle them to a higher pension, in view of the fact that this scheme was only introduced in April 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33370/16]

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