2097. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals relating to the State pension (contributory) and State pension (non-contributory) in each of the past five years, broken down by pension type, gender and outcome, including allowed, partially allowed, disallowed, withdrawn and pending; and the number of original refusals revised following an internal review. [63764/26]

Data in relation to gender regarding appeals for State pension (contributory) and State pension (non-contributory) are not maintained.

The number of appeals relating to the State pension (contributory) and State pension (non-contributory) processed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office in the first 6 months of 2026 is broken down in the following table:

The equivalent table for end of 2025 (12 Months) is outlined below:

This information will be available on the Social Welfare Appeals Office Annual Report for 2025 which is due to be published shortly.

A full breakdown of appeal outcomes, including appeals relating to the State pension (contributory) and State pension (non-contributory) for 2024 and previous years are available in the Social Welfare Appeals Office Annual Reports at the following website: www.gov.ie/en/social-welfare-appeals-office/collections/news-and-publications-from-the-social-welfare-appeals-office/

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.