John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My final question is a little complicated, as pensions issues generally are. One of the slides of the opening statement indicated that for average earnings of €38,000, somebody who gets the State pension currently would get 34% of that figure. Mr. Nicholson went on to say the Department reckons that to maintain the correct standard they would need 60%.