44. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the average contributions currently required to qualify for a State pension; her views that the current system disproportionately impacts women; the way in which the average is determined to take account of periods out of the work force, particularly where such period of time was obligatory or where time out of the workforce was taken to raise a family or return to study; the ways to make the calculation and access to payments more equitable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3683/16]

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44. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the average contributions currently required to qualify for a State pension; her views that the current system disproportionately impacts women; the way in which the average is determined to take account of periods out of the work force, particularly where such period of time was obligatory or where time out of the workforce was taken to raise a family or return to study; the ways to make the calculation and access to payments more equitable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3683/16]

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