A Clare Fine Gael TD says it’s regrettable that tens of thousands of pensioners won’t receive the money they lost out on over the past five years due to a pensions anomaly.
30,000 retired people who had been missing out on payments due to a loophole will have that corrected from March, but they won’t actually get the money until next year.
A new home care credit will allow people to get their full state pension if they’ve stayed at home for up to 20 years before returning to the workforce.
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Clarecastle TD Joe Carey believes it was wrong to penalise those who took a break from work to raise their families, but he’s been saying that this is the best approach that can now be taken.
