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
Mr. Henry Gaynor:
Yes but the OECD appears to be of the view that Ireland is on a very sound footing regarding the funding of our pensions. In some countries, their birthrate is not keeping pace with the ageing of the population but is declining. However, Ireland is the opposite and I believe it has one of the highest birth rates in Europe. Ireland is producing the young people to keep the system going. I believe our birth rate over the past few years has confounded some experts in that it is jumped up and now stands at approximately 72,000 or 73,000 per year.
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