301. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Social Protection if options have been considered to alleviate the shortfall in income for workers who are not covered by the homemaker’s scheme and who are facing reduced pension entitlements as a result of the introduction of new PRSI contribution rates and bands since 1 September 2012; if she will set out feasible measures that could be taken to moderate or offset the negative impact on workers currently of retirement age who have had little time to prepare for change, drawing on and or supplementing analysis in the Green Paper on Pensions; and if she will provide costings with regard to backdating the scheme, updating estimates presented in the Green Paper. [44106/12]

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301. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Social Protection if options have been considered to alleviate the shortfall in income for workers who are not covered by the homemaker’s scheme and who are facing reduced pension entitlements as a result of the introduction of new PRSI contribution rates and bands since 1 September 2012; if she will set out feasible measures that could be taken to moderate or offset the negative impact on workers currently of retirement age who have had little time to prepare for change, drawing on and or supplementing analysis in the Green Paper on Pensions; and if she will provide costings with regard to backdating the scheme, updating estimates presented in the Green Paper. [44106/12]

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