466 Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her press release on 3 July 2009 encouraged women who had been working in commercial business partnerships to explore their entitlement to contributory State pensions bringing them as equal partners into the social insurance scheme and that her Department is now telling these applicants that due to the fact that a paid contribution had not been in their own name prior to their 66th birthday they no longer have an entitlement and in fact persons already awarded this pension will have same removed; her views on whether this is unjust in view of the fact that the contribution was paid by their spouses but that many women working in family businesses had no idea that they held an entitlement until this was highlighted by her Department; if she has changed her mind regarding commercial partnerships; if she will provide clarification; if she will ensure that women are included where they have established an entitlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3664/10]

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466 Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her press release on 3 July 2009 encouraged women who had been working in commercial business partnerships to explore their entitlement to contributory State pensions bringing them as equal partners into the social insurance scheme and that her Department is now telling these applicants that due to the fact that a paid contribution had not been in their own name prior to their 66th birthday they no longer have an entitlement and in fact persons already awarded this pension will have same removed; her views on whether this is unjust in view of the fact that the contribution was paid by their spouses but that many women working in family businesses had no idea that they held an entitlement until this was highlighted by her Department; if she has changed her mind regarding commercial partnerships; if she will provide clarification; if she will ensure that women are included where they have established an entitlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3664/10]

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