Galway Bay fm newsroom – There is a call for the introduction of a PRSI credit scheme to grant pensions to female homemakers and farmers across the county.
General election candidate, Senator Fidelma Healy-Eames says there’s a view among the general public that everyone is entitled to a pension from the state.
However, she says this is not the case – and hundreds of women who worked as home-makers or on farms are refused state pensions.
The Independent senator says that ten years PRSI contributions are required before an individual is entitled to a state pension.
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