95. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason an unmarried cohabitating couple, who have worked and paid social insurance in the past, lived together and raised children together and were on disability allowance with qualified adult allowance and one of the couple then dies, the widow's or widower's contributory pension is not payable to the survivor and no claim can be made in respect of the qualified children of the relationship; if the refusal to make a payment in such circumstances amounts to discrimination against the bereaved partner and children on the basis of the martial status; her plans for change in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23760/14]

Summary

95. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason an unmarried cohabitating couple, who have worked and paid social insurance in the past, lived together and raised children together and were on disability allowance with qualified adult allowance and one of the couple then dies, the widow's or widower's contributory pension is not payable to the survivor and no claim can be made in respect of the qualified children of the relationship; if the refusal to make a payment in such circumstances amounts to discrimination against the bereaved partner and children on the basis of the martial status; her plans for change in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23760/14]

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

• Widow's Pension Eligibility

  xml · EN · 4 June 2014

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.