Submission 190

Green Paper Submission

April 08

Following your advertisement in today's papers re the Consultation Period I want to bring the following to your attention:

I worked for many years and paid tax as a self-employed director of a small company.

That system was changed and every worker became entitled to a pension but it was found that I had to have been on the new system for a minimum of five years to qualify for a full pension.

As I retired due to ill health before the five years requirement, I was only given a portion of the pension and was not given any opportunity to make up the missing time by continuing working or by my paying the small difference to make up to the full amount.

Having worked since I was in my twenties until I retired in my sixties, and having paid my taxes, I then ended up with a much reduced government pension through what I consider was no fault of mine.

This has always seemed to me to be more than unfair.