27. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the proposed changes to the contributory State pension for 2020, whereby a person who has paid 520 contributions in ten years will qualify for one third of the maximum rate, and for each additional year of contributions a person will gain one 30th of the pension up to a maximum of 30 30ths or 30 years contributions; if this means a person will now need to be employed for 40 years and that only ten of those 40 years can be credited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12259/15]

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27. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the proposed changes to the contributory State pension for 2020, whereby a person who has paid 520 contributions in ten years will qualify for one third of the maximum rate, and for each additional year of contributions a person will gain one 30th of the pension up to a maximum of 30 30ths or 30 years contributions; if this means a person will now need to be employed for 40 years and that only ten of those 40 years can be credited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12259/15]

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