Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981
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CHAPTER 7 Old Age (Contributory) Pension | ||
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Title to pension. [1952, s. 25A; 1960 AM, s. 7] |
78.—(1) Subject to this Act, a person shall be entitled to an old age (contributory) pension if he has attained pensionable age and satisfies the contribution conditions in section 79 . | |
[1974 (No. 2), s. 10] | ||
(2) Subject to section 125 , payment of old age (contributory) pension shall continue to be made for a period of 6 weeks after the date of death of a beneficiary who had an adult dependant. | ||
[1978 AM, s. 13 (2)] | ||
(3) For the purposes of this Chapter “yearly average” means in relation to any claimant the average per contribution year of contribution weeks in respect of which that claimant has qualifying contributions, voluntary contributions or credited contributions in the period commencing at the beginning of the contribution year in which his entry into insurance occurred and ending at the end of the last complete contribution year before the date of his attaining pensionable age. |