David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As a matter of interest, we had a Private Members' Bill last week on abolishing mandatory retirement. It was mentioned that in other countries people are not asked for their age and they do not have to retire if they do not want to - they can carry on working. It was an interesting Bill, which got unanimous support, and we had some very powerful presentations. In light of Deputy O'Dowd's comment, it is very timely to bring that forward.