Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund: Discussion

10:30 am

Photo of Fidelma Healy EamesFidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The rate at which the shortfall is increasing is stunning. The shortfall is predicted to reach €3 billion by 2019 and €25.7 billion by 2066. Is there a chance that gardaí, nurses, doctors and so on who retire in ten years' time will find that, having paid their contributions, no pension exists?

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