Mr. Henry Gaynor:

It should be maintained at 65 and then, if a person wishes to work on until 66, 67, 68 or perhaps 70, that person automatically would get the State pension whenever he or she decides to leave. Everyone differs, in that some people feel burned out by the time they hit 60 and it all depends on the job one is doing. I can imagine that a guy putting up scaffolding will not be swinging off the scaffolding at 70 years of age. In any event, probably no one would wish to take him on for that kind of work.