Plans to extend widow’s and widower’s pensions to non-marital surviving partners to go to Cabinet

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The plans to change the law on pensions are expected to be brought to Cabinet by Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins PhotosHe was denied a widower’s contributory pension because he was neither married to nor in a civil partnership with Michelle Batey, his partner of almost 20 years and the mother of his children.

The Irish Times understands that the proposed Social Welfare Bill 2025 would extend eligibility to the payment to qualified cohabitants who are in an intimate and committed relationship for two years where there is a child or children of the relationship or five years if otherwise. The Bill includes provisions that anyone, including divorcees, currently in receipt of a payment will retain their payment.

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