Disability benefit after age 65
The claimant continued receiving flat-rate disability benefit while his retirement pension was awarded from April; a pension book with payments from 5 November was issued.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare when disability benefit for last month will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who received his benefit on submission of monthly certificates.
Comment on this
The person concerned attained age 65 years on 10 January 1981 and claimed retirement pension on 30 July 1981.
As he was in receipt of disability benefit and pay-related benefit at a combined rate higher than the appropriate rate of retirement pension to which he would otherwise have been entitled up to 7 April 1981 the award of retirement pension was only made with effect from the following Thursday, 9 April 1981.
He continued to receive flat-rate disability benefit up to 17 October 1981. A pension book with orders payable from 5 November 1981 has been issued to the designated post office for collection by him and he has been notified accordingly.
The arrears of retirement pension from 9 April to 4 November 1981, less the amount of flat-rate disability benefit paid during that period, has been issued direct to him by payable order.
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