Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023

PART 4

State Pension (Contributory) – Long-Term Carer’s Qualifying Contribution and Deferral of State Pension (Contributory)

Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act

29. Section 2(1) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “insurable employment”:

“ ‘insurable employment’ means employment such that—

(a) a person, over the age of 16 years and under pensionable age, or

(b) a person born on or after 1 January 1958, who has attained pensionable age but has neither attained the age of 70 years nor been awarded a State pension (contributory),

employed in that employment would be an employed contributor;”,

and

(b) by the insertion of the following definitions:

“ ‘age referenced rate of State pension (contributory)’ has the meaning given to it by section 108;

‘long-term carer’s qualifying contribution’ has the meaning given to it by section 108A;”.