Mr. Henry Gaynor:

That is my opinion as regards those currently at work. If the retirement age is to be increased, that should only be done in respect of new workers. For those in the public sector and elected representatives, the Minister has set the day they started work as the criterion. For the private sector, it is the day someone was born. If a person was born after 1 January 1949, he or she will not receive a pension before turning 66 years of age. The year 1949 is a long way back. Many of those born in that year left school early. Fourteen years was the leaving age, so people would have started working in 1963. The year that has been set for elected representatives is 2004 and 1995 in respect of public sector workers, although there have been other changes regarding the latter, for example, 2004 and 2012. For a private sector worker, though, one must go back a very long time to 1963.