Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2016: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Clare DalyClare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There are reasons that workers should not be in jobs too long. Workers become institutionalised, and it is very difficult. How one address that needs to be factored in as well, but those are management areas. What we are talking about here is removing the fact that one must go at 65 and providing choice for many workers. Ideally, I would like a situation where workers who have the income and the wherewithal are encouraged to retire comfortably at 65, which is the other side of the equation. Many people do not want to work forever. Well done to Deputy John Brady.

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