Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have very little to add. The existing Pensions Board is working on a number of communications regarding information on pensions, some of which I expect to launch in February. When the pensions council is established it will be given the specific remit of consumer interests. As both Deputies have said, the paramount issue is communication with consumers in a language they can understand. If that were possible, it would also become much easier to persuade people of the value of taking out a pension early on. Part of people's reluctance to and disinterest in taking out a pension is finding the documentation so difficult to understand.