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Qualifying for Social Insurance Payments Page Content Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) contributions are needed to qualify for social insurance payments. To qualify for payment, you must have enough weeks of PRSI contributions to satisfy these conditions. The PRSI weeks must also be paid or credited at the appropriate rate or class. For most social insurance benefits, you must satisfy two conditions. You must first have a minimum number of weeks of PRSI contributions paid. This means that you must have worked and PRSI must have been paid for you for that number of weeks. These weeks do not have to be continuous. They can be paid at any time during your working life. A second condition is that you must have a minimum number of weeks of PRSI contributions paid and/or credited in the Relevant Tax Year. These conditions vary depending on the benefit you are claiming. The Relevant Tax Year is the second last complete Tax Year before the Benefit Year in which you claim. For a claim made in Benefit Year 2008 the relevant Tax Year is 2006 For a claim made in Benefit Year 2009 the relevant Tax Year is 2007 For a claim made in Benefit Year 2010 the relevant Tax Year is 2008 The Benefit Year begins on the first Monday in January each year. The Tax Year starts from the 1st January each year (from 1st January 2002 onwards). Normally, your entitlement to a Retirement or State Pension (Contributory) depends on having an average number of weeks PRSI paid and/or credited every year from 1979 or alternatively over your working life. Because an average number of PRSI contributions are used, a shortage of weeks in one year can be made up in another. However, you will need a yearly average of 48 weeks to get a full pension. The PRSI conditions differ for Widow's or Widower's (Contributory) and Invalidity Pensions. Since April 1994, if you left the workforce to provide full-time care and attention for a child(ren) or a person who is ill, you may have these years disregarded when the yearly average number of PRSI contributions for State Pension (Contributory) is being calculated. To benefit from this scheme (the Homemakers Scheme), you must have worked and paid PRSI previously (or may do so in the future) at Class A, E, H and S (See booklet SW 1 for further information). Not enough Weeks PRSI ? You will not qualify for benefits if you do not have enough weeks of PRSI contributions on your record. It is very important that: - you make sure that you have a PPS No. and that your employer knows your number so that your PRSI contributions are added to your record - you send in a claim for the periods you are out of work because of illness or unemployment to help keep your record up-to-date through "credits". You may also be entitled to credits if you are on unpaid statutory maternity or paternity leave. - you consider paying Voluntary PRSI contributions if you leave the workforce for a time - if you are self-employed, make sure that you pay your full contributions otherwise you will not get any contributions for the year. IF YOU DO NOT QUALIFY FOR A SOCIAL INSURANCE PAYMENT, YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO A SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENT INSTEAD Last modified:22/01/2009
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- Is 2006 an Bhliain Ch�nach �bhartha maidir le h�ileamh a rinneadh i mBliain Shochair 2008. - Is � 2007 an Bhliain Ch�nach �bhartha maidir le h�ileamh a rinneadh i mBliain Shochair 2009. - Is � 2008 an Bhliain Ch�nach �bhartha maidir le h�ileamh a rinneadh i mBliain Shochair 2010. Cuirtear t�s leis an mBliain Shochair ar an gc�ad Luan i m� Ean�ir gach bliain. Tosa�onn an Bhliain Ch�nach �n 1� Ean�ir gach bliain (�n 1� Ean�ir 2002 ar aghaidh). De ghn�th, braithfidh an teidl�ocht a bheidh agat ar Phinsean St�it n� Scoir (Rann�ocach) ar mhe�nl�on seachtain� �SPC a bheith �octha agus/n� creidi�naithe gach bliain � 1979 n� le linn do shaoil oibre ina mhalairt de ch�s. Mura mbeidh go leor seachtain� i mbliain amh�in, f�adfar cur leis sin i mbliain eile mar go mbaintear �s�id as me�nl�on rann�oca�ochta� �SPC. Teast�idh me�nbhliant�il de 48 seachtaine, �fach, le pinsean ioml�n a fh�il. B�onn coinn�ollacha �SPC �ags�la i gceist le Pinsean Baintr� n� Baintr� Fir (Rann�ocach) agus le Pinsean Easl�ine. � Aibre�n 1994, m�s rud � gur fh�g t� an f�rsa saothair chun c�ram l�n-aimseartha agus aire a thabhairt do leanbh/leana� n� do dhuine breoite, f�adfaidh t� neamhaird a thabhairt ar na blianta sin agus me�nl�on bliant�il na rann�oca�ochta� �SPC do Phinsean St�it (Rann�ocach) � r�omh. Chun tairbhe a bhaint as an sc�im seo (Sc�im na dTeaglach�ir�), n� m�r gur oibrigh t� agus gur �oc t� �SPC roimhe seo (n� go nd�anfaidh t� sin amach anseo) ag Aicme A, E, H agus S (Feach leabhr�n SW 1 chun tuilleadh eolais a fh�il. Mura bhfuil go leor Seachtain� �SPC agat N� ch�ileoidh t� do shochair mura bhfuil go leor seachtain� de rann�oca�ochta� �SPC ar do thaifead. T� s� r�th�bhachtach: - Go gcinnteoidh t� go bhfuil Uimh. PPS agat agus go bhfuil d'uimhir ar eolas ag d'fhost�ir chun go gcuirfear do rann�oca�ochta� �SPC ar do taifead. - Go gcuirtear �ileamh isteach do na tr�imhs� nach b�onn t� ag obair mar gheall ar bhreoiteacht n� ar dh�fhosta�ocht chun go gcoime�dfar do thaifead chun d�ta tr� "chreidmheasanna". D'fh�adfadh go mbeadh teideal agat ar chreidmheasanna m� bh�onn t� ar shaoire mh�ithreachais n� aithreachais reacht�il gan ph� chomh maith. - Go nd�anfaidh t� machnamh ar rann�oca�ocht �SPC Dheonach a �oc m� fh�gann t� an f�rsa saothair ar feadh tamaill. - Go gcinnteoidh t� go bhfuil do rann�ocaiochta� ioml�na �octha agat m� t� t� f�infhostaithe, mura bhfuil, n� bhfaighidh t� aon rann�oca�ochta� le haghaidh na bliana. MURA gC�IL�ONN T� D'�OCA�OCHT �RACHAIS SH�ISIALAIGH, D'FH�ADFADH GO MBEIDH TEIDEAL AGAT AR �OCA�OCHT CH�NAIMH SH�ISIALAIGH INA IONAD SIN.