242. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will look into the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; the methodology used by her Department in the calculation of notional income in respect of adult dependant applications for old age pensions; if she will acknowledge that the method of calculation currently used is flawed and generally does not represent a true reflection of an applicant's notional income for the purposes of assessment; if she will commit to having the shortfalls in the methodology assessed to ascertain if there would be a better process that could be followed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28274/14]

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242. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will look into the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; the methodology used by her Department in the calculation of notional income in respect of adult dependant applications for old age pensions; if she will acknowledge that the method of calculation currently used is flawed and generally does not represent a true reflection of an applicant's notional income for the purposes of assessment; if she will commit to having the shortfalls in the methodology assessed to ascertain if there would be a better process that could be followed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28274/14]

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