Non-Contributory The widow/widower’s non-contributory pension is payable to widowers under pension age. The widower’s pension is not payable to persons who have reached pension age. It is not payable to a person who has remarried, entered a civil partnership or is cohabiting. It is not payable to a person resident outside the State. A Widow’s, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s (Non-Contributory) Pension is a means-tested […]
Qualifying Adult Many Social Welfare Payments carry an addition/ increase in respect of a qualified adult (IQA). The adult addition applies with respect to most social welfare benefits. There are differences with respect to non-contributory old-age pension. This addition is not payable with all Social Welfare Payments, including particular widowers’ and loan parents’ payments. A qualified adult is generally a spouse (or a civil partner […]
Widow/ Widower Pension The widower or widow’s contributory pension is payable to widow or widower satisfying contribution condition. It is a flat rate payment with increases for qualified children.Widowed persons who are divorced may also qualify. Originally men did not qualify for the pension. A widow includes a person who would have been a widow but for the dissolution of marriage. The dissolution must be […]
Overview The Social Welfare Acts provide for two principal state pensions, commonly called the old age pension. The State Contributory pension requires satisfaction of social insurance contributions either paid or credited. The State Non-Contributory pension is means tested. The pensions were formerly, called the old age contributory or non-contributory pension. A person may qualify for the State Non-Contributory pension if he: is 66 years or […]
Old Age Pensions The Social Welfare Acts provide for two principal state pensions, commonly called the old age pension. The State Contributory pension requires satisfaction of social insurance contributions either paid or credited. The State Non-Contributory pension is means-tested. The pensions were formerly called the old age contributory or non-contributory pension. Formerly, the widow’s pension was available to a surviving widow. There was a contributory […]
Longer Terms Payments There are separate tests in respect of long-term payments such as widower’s and widow’s non-contributory pensions, guardian’s payments, one parent family payments. The rules and exclusions are broadly similar to those with the state pension. There are particular variations in the exclusions for particular types of payment. The old age pension is now named the state pension. It has its own separate […]