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State Pension (Contributory)/State Pension (Transition)

State Pension (Contributory) Rates from 6 January 2012

Yearly Average Contributions	Personal Rate Per Week	Increase for Qualified Adult Aged under 66 Rate per Week	Increase for Qualified Adult Aged 66 or Over Rate per Week (see Note3)
48 or over	€230.30	€153.50	€206.30
20 - 47	€225.80	€153.50	€206.30
15 - 19	€172.70	€115.10 (see Note 1)	€154.70 (see Note 1)
10 - 14	€115.20	€76.80 (see Note 1)	€103.20 (see Note1)

State Pension (Transition) Rates from 5 January 2012

Yearly Average Contributions	Personal Rate Per Week	Increase for Qualified Adult Aged under 66 Rate per Week	Increase for Qualified Adult Aged 66 or Over Rate per Week (see Note3)
48 or over	€230.30	€153.50	€206.30
24 - 47	€225.80	€153.50	€206.30

Note 1:
These Increases for Qualified Adult rates apply to claims made after 6 April 2001. For persons getting similar reduced personal rates before 6 April 2001, the following Increases for Qualified Adult Rates apply:

• Aged under 66: €123.00
• Aged 66 or over: €154.70

Qualified Child

Increases:	Rate per week
Each Qualified Child	Full rate: €29.80 (see Note2)
Each Qualified Child	Half-rate: €14.90 (see Note2)

Note 2:
You can get an increase of €29.80 for each qualified child if you get an increase for a qualified adult or if you are parenting alone. If you do not qualify for an increase for a qualified adult, you may get a half-rate qualified child increase.

Additional Benefits

Extra Benefits	Rate per week
Living Alone Increase for people age 66 or over	€7.70
Extra increase for people age 80 or over	€10.00
Increase for people age 66 or over, living on certain offshore islands	€12.70

Note 3:
You may get a reduced rate increase if your qualified adult has earnings or income in excess of €100.00 and up to €310.00 gross per week, (see Appendix).

State Pension (Contributory) Rates from September 2012

Yearly Average Contributions	Personal Rate Per Week	Increase for Qualified Adult Aged under 66 Rate per Week	Increase for Qualified Adult Aged 66 or Over Rate per Week (see Note3)
48 or over	€230.30	€153.50	€206.30
40 - 47	€225.80	€146.00	€196.00
30 - 39	€207.00	€139.00	€186.00
20 - 29	€196.00	€130.00	€175.00
15 - 19	€150.00	€100.00	€134.00
10 - 14	€92.00	€61.00	€83.00

State Pension (Transition) Rates from September 2012

Yearly Average Contributions	Personal Rate Per Week	Increase for Qualified Adult Aged under 66 Rate per Week	Increase for Qualified Adult Aged 66 or Over Rate per Week (see Note4)
48 or over	€230.30	€153.50	€206.30
40 - 47	€225.80	€146.00	€196.00
30 - 39	€207.00	€139.00	€186.00
24 - 29	€196.00	€130.00	€175.00

Note 4:
You may get a reduced rate increase if your qualified adult has earnings or income in excess of €100.00 and up to €310.00 gross per week.

New tapered IQA rates will be introduced from September 2012.

For more information, log on to www.welfare.ie.

State Pension (Non-Contributory)

State Pension (Non-Contributory) from 6 January 2012

Weekly means as assessed by us:	Personal rate	Increase per week for spouse/partner aged under 66
Up to €30.00	€219.00	€144.70
Over €30.00 and up to €32.50	€216.50	€143.00
Over €32.50 and up to €35.00	€214.00	€141.40
Over €35.00 and up to €37.50	€211.50	€139.70
Over €37.50 and up to €40.00	€209.00	€138.10
Over €40.00 and up to €42.50	€206.50	€136.40
Over €42.50 and up to €45.00	€204.00	€134.80
Over €45.00 and up to €47.50	€201.50	€133.10
Over €47.50 and up to €50.00	€199.00	€131.50
Over €50.00 and up to €52.50	€196.50	€129.80
Over €52.50 and up to €55.00	€194.00	€128.20
Over €55.00 and up to €57.50	€191.50	€126.50
Over €57.50 and up to €60.00	€189.00	€124.90
Over €60.00 and up to €62.50	€186.50	€123.20
Over €62.50 and up to €65.00	€184.00	€121.60
Over €65.00 and up to €67.50	€181.50	€119.90
Over €67.50 and up to €70.00	€179.00	€118.30
Over €70.00 and up to €72.50	€176.50	€116.60
Over €72.50 and up to €75.00	€174.00	€115.00
Over €75.00 and up to €77.50	€171.50	€113.30
Over €77.50 and up to €80.00	€169.00	€111.70
Over €80.00 and up to €82.50	€166.50	€110.00
Over €82.50 and up to €85.00	€164.00	€108.40
Over €85.00 and up to €87.50	€161.50	€106.70
Over €87.50 and up to €90.00	€159.00	€105.10
Over €90.00 and up to €92.50	€156.50	€103.40
Over €92.50 and up to €95.00	€154.00	€101.80
Over €95.00 and up to €97.50	€151.50	€100.10
Over €97.50 and up to €100.00	€149.00	€98.40
Over €100.00 and up to €102.50	€146.50	€96.80
Over €102.50 and up to €105.00	€144.00	€95.10
Over €105.00 and up to €107.50	€141.50	€93.50
Over €107.50 and up to €110.00	€139.00	€91.80
Over €110.00 and up to €112.50	€136.50	€90.20
Over €112.50 and up to €115.00	€134.00	€88.50
Over €115.00 and up to €117.50	€131.50	€86.90
Over €117.50 and up to €120.00	€129.00	€85.20
Over €120.00 and up to €122.50	€126.50	€83.60
Over €122.50 and up to €125.00	€124.00	€81.90
Over €125.00 and up to €127.50	€121.50	€80.30
Over €127.50 and up to €130.00	€119.00	€78.60
Over €130.00 and up to €132.50	€116.50	€77.00
Over €132.50 and up to €135.00	€114.00	€75.30
Over €135.00 and up to €137.50	€111.50	€73.70
Over €137.50 and up to €140.00	€109.00	€72.00
Over €140.00 and up to €142.50	€106.50	€70.40
Over €142.50 and up to €145.00	€104.00	€68.70
Over €145.00 and up to €147.50	€101.50	€67.10
Over €147.50 and up to €150.00	€99.00	€65.40
Over €150.00 and up to €152.50	€96.50	€63.80
Over €152.50 and up to €155.00	€94.00	€62.10
Over €155.00 and up to €157.50	€91.50	€60.50
Over €157.50 and up to €160.00	€89.00	€58.80
Over €160.00 and up to €162.50	€86.50	€57.20
Over €162.50 and up to €165.00	€84.00	€55.50
Over €165.00 and up to €167.50	€81.50	€53.80
Over €167.50 and up to €170.00	€79.00	€52.20
Over €170.00 and up to €172.50	€76.50	€50.50
Over €172.50 and up to €175.00	€74.00	€48.90
Over €175.00 and up to €177.50	€71.50	€47.20
Over €177.50 and up to €180.00	€69.00	€45.60
Over €180.00 and up to €182.50	€66.50	€43.90
Over €182.50 and up to €185.00	€64.00	€42.30
Over €185.00 and up to €187.50	€61.50	€40.60
Over €187.50 and up to €190.00	€59.00	€39.00
Over €190.00 and up to €192.50	€56.50	€37.30
Over €192.50 and up to €195.00	€54.00	€35.70
Over €195.00 and up to €197.50	€51.50	€34.00
Over €197.50 and up to €200.00	€49.00	€32.40
Over €200.00 and up to €202.50	€46.50	€30.70
Over €202.50 and up to €205.00	€44.00	€29.10
Over €205.00 and up to €207.50	€41.50	€27.40
Over €207.50 and up to €210.00	€39.00	€25.80
Over €210.00 and up to €212.50	€36.50	€24.10
Over €212.50 and up to €215.00	€34.00	€22.50
Over €215.00 and up to €217.50	€31.50	€20.80
Over €217.50 and up to €220.00	€29.00	€19.20
Over €220.00 and up to €222.50	€26.50	€17.50
Over €222.50 and up to €225.00	€24.00	€15.90
Over €225.00 and up to €227.50	€21.50	€14.20
Over €227.50 and up to €230.00	€19.00	€12.60
Over €230.00 and up to €232.50	€16.50	€10.90
Over €232.50 and up to €235.00	€14.00	€9.30
Over €235.00 and up to €237.50	€11.50	€7.60
Over €237.50 and up to €240.00	€9.00	€5.90
Over €240.00 and up to €242.50	€6.50	€4.30
Over €242.50 and up to €245.00	€4.00	€2.60
Over €245.00	Nil	Nil

Qualified Child

Increases:	Rate per week
Each Qualified Child	Full rate: €29.80
Each Qualified Child	Half-rate: €14.90

Additional Benefits

Extra Benefits	Rate per week
Living Alone Increase for people age 66 or over	€7.70
Extra increase for people age 80 or over	€10.00
Increase for people age 66 or over, living on certain offshore islands	€12.70

Pre-Retirement Allowance

(From 28 December 2011)

Please Note:
Pre-Retirement Allowance was abolished for all new customers from the 4th July 2007.

Maximum Personal Rate per Week: €188.00

Increases

Increase for Qualified Adult: €124.80 (see note 6)

Each Qualified Child:

• Full Rate €29.80 (see note 5)
• Half-rate €14.90 (see note 5)

Note 5:
You can get an increase of €29.80 for each qualified child if you get an increase for a qualified adult or if you are parenting alone. If you do not qualify for an increase for a qualified adult, you may get a half-rate qualified child increase.

Note 6:
If you were in receipt of Pre-Retirement Allowance (PRETA) prior to 26 September 2007, you may get a reduced rate increase if your qualified adult has earnings or income in excess of €100.00 and up to €310.00 gross per week, (see Appendix)