Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 153

Entitlement to pension

Section 153 sets out the three conditions a person must satisfy to qualify for the State pension (non-contributory).

• The claimant must have reached pensionable age at the date of claim.
• The claimant's means, assessed under the rules in Part 3 of Schedule 3, must not exceed the maximum threshold set out in section 156.
• The claimant must be habitually resident in the State when making the application.
• All three conditions must be met simultaneously for entitlement to arise.