Regulation 63A Credits on cessation of a period of parental leave.
(1) Employment contributions shall be credited to an insured person in respect of each contribution week during which he or she avails of parental leave or force majeure leave under Part II of the Parental Leave Act 1998 (No. 30 of 1998).
(2) Subject to article 85 of these regulations and articles 40 and 49 of the Regulations of 1994, an employment contribution credited to an insured person, by virtue of this article, in respect of whom the last previous contribution payable was-
(a) a contribution at the rate specified in articles 81(2)(a), 82(2)(a) or 83(2)(a), or
(b) a voluntary contribution at the rate specified in section 22(1)(b)(i),
shall be reckoned only for the purposes of widow's (contributory) pension, widower's (contributory) pension or surviving civil partner's (contributory) pension.