Course Title
Calculating Contributory State Pensions and Future Changes
to the PRSI Requirements
Level 3
Courses at Level 3 are for experienced Information
Providers who have a good understanding of the course topic
and wish to acquire more advanced knowledge on the
topic.
Date
Thursday 29 September 2011
Venue and Time
Bru Columbanus, Cardinal Way, Wilton, Cork.
10:00am- 4:30pm
Presenter
Sheila Hayes, Training Officer, Malahide CIC
Limited
to
20 participants
Aim
This training is to ensure that information providers can
deal effectively with all queries on State Pensions and are
aware of the changes due from April 2012 onwards.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course participants should be able
to:
- explain the general conditions for receiving State Pension (Transition) and know that it will cease to exist from January 2014
- calculate the rate of State Pension (Contributory) due from the information contained on a person's PRSI record and know of the changes to the PRSI requirements from April 2012
- outline the rules governing the payment of Qualified Adult/Qualified Child rates and pre-entry credits
- calculate a Mixed Insurance Pro-Rata Pension or a EU/Bilateral Social Security Pension
- explain the Tax Exemption system and its importance in computing the tax liability of older people
- calculate the new Universal Social Charge as it is applied to persons under/over 70 years and to medical card holders;
- list the extra payments and secondary benefits that may be available to pensioners, subject to certain conditions.
Closing Date
13 September 2011
Applications to:
Marie Farrelly,
Regional Training Administrator, Citizens Information
Board, 14, Gladstone Street, Waterford. Tel: 051 850998;
Fax: 051 876575; Email: marie.farrelly@ciboard.ie.
Note: Please do not send a cheque to the Citizens information Board. An invoice is issued after the event.
