Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions

Equality and Fairness of State Pension: Discussion

4:00 pm

Photo of Noel HarringtonNoel Harrington (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am concerned about the possibility of someone leaving and then running into trouble with the Department of Social Protection. Equally, I am concerned by the cost implication of returning the pre-retirement or transition year pension back to 65 and the State pension back to 66. To be honest, in an environment in which a huge pensions train wreck is coming down the track as to how the country will fund pensions over the next ten, 15 or 20 years, it will be a huge issue. It might not be a part of-----

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