The Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security confirmed today the existence of an error of the General Pensions Fund (CGA) in the calculation of almost 3,000 pensions, indicating that the extra paid amounts will have to be refunded.
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07/10/2026
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Lusa
“It is a technical deficiency in the clearance of the pension, which will naturally be corrected. The Presentation Box has already issued information about this and will therefore be corrected”, said Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho.
The governor spoke to journalists outside the opening session of the Congress of the National Confederation of Solidarity Institutions (CNIS) dedicated to the theme “Poverty and Social Protection” that takes place in Aveiro.
The clarification arises after several media have reported that the CGA will correct 2,937 pensions awarded between May and August this year, after having detected an error in the calculation that led to them being fixed above the amount provided by the law.
On average, pensioners will receive less than EUR 93.31 per month.
Asked by the journalists, the minister explained that she was only aware of the error on Tuesday, clarifying that it is a technical error “in the parameterization of the application of the regime”, for four months, between May and August.
Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho also said that people who received the pension above what they were entitled to, by application of the legal regime, will have to return the values that received the most.
“ In fact, if an undue payment is found, legal terms will have to be restored, but legal solutions will be combined with the affected ones themselves. In fact, people have already received a letter on this matter, we are told, and so there are several ways to replace it”, he concluded.