Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 February 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Implications for Employees of Changes to Pension Age: Discussion

2:20 pm

Photo of Brendan  RyanBrendan Ryan (Dublin North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

On the abolition of the transition pension, an individual who reaches his or her 65th birthday in 2014 and has been working up to that point will receive jobseeker's benefit for the full year but somebody who has put in the years of work required for a contributory pension is entitled to apply for jobseeker's allowance if he or she is not working at the age of 65 years and may not qualify for it, depending on whether his or her spouse is working. This individual might be entitled to expect a transition pension, but he or she will get absolutely nothing. The cohort qualifying for jobseeker's benefit will receive a small bonus of three months, but there is no recognition for the other category. Has any thought been given to doing something for that category? How many people will be denied jobseeker's allowance on the basis of their spouse's means?

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