Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection
Pre-Budget Discussion: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection
12:40 pm
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I do not doubt it. While we are not wedded to the outcome, the report was only part of the public consultation process. It certainly was not the agreed endgame. We are in consultations on the design of the TCA, which is probably the most important thing, other than the principle of the policy, which we will determine in the next couple of months. What is most important for me is that people get out of the system what they pay into it, while recognising its value and contribution. People are living and working for longer. At the end of the process, we will have a system that I hope everybody will buy into, acknowledging that it is the best and most robust system that will be sustained for generations to come.
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