Increase in women applying for contributions towards a State pension
03/07/2009 - 15:42:03There has been an increase in the number of women applying to make contributions towards a State pension.
It follows the launch of an information leaflet last year, to make women who are involved in a family business, including farmers’ wives, aware of their entitlements.
The Department of Social and Family Affairs says 845 people, mostly women, have applied to make pension contributions towards a State Pension in the last 12 months.
Minister Mary Hanafin said many women are entitled to make these payments and do not realise it.
