Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006

Old age (contributory) pension — improvement.

9.— Section 108 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following after subsection (8):

“(9) The amount payable by way of old age (contributory) pension for any day on or after which a person has attained pensionable age but before the day on which the person first receives payment of old age (contributory) pension, shall be one-seventh of the appropriate weekly rate, subject to the total amount being paid at any time by virtue of this subsection being rounded up to the nearest 10 cent where it is a multiple of 5 cent but not also a multiple of 10 cent and being rounded to the nearest 10 cent where it is not a multiple of 5 cent or 10 cent.”.