Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Discussion
9:30 am
Alan Farrell (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
On the same point, I was going to raise the issue Deputy McFadden raised but coincidentally, I was going to reference the fact that the report from the OECD, which I think was last year, had some interesting findings on the issue. That is not to say that I have not experienced exactly the same anecdotal, rather than empirical, evidence from constituents from time to time. It goes back to the example I gave of the 64 year old who is not in a position to find employment. I often find that is cyclical with the economic profile of the country being studied and that was the case in the OECD report Mr. Moran referenced.
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