Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is the ambition. It will probably not last for ever. It will be determined by the public consultation rather than laid down by us. There will be a period during which one can opt in or out of either scheme. At some point, that period will have to end, which will depend on how we all feel about it during the public consultation. The idea of moving to a new scheme is to move to do exactly that. There will be a window of however many years to allow people to opt in or out. Once the agreed window closes, however, people will be adjudicated according to the new system.