Tom Neville (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Mulvey has identified what it is they want to do. The challenge, however, also is in identifying opportunities for that cohort. It can be difficult to identify those opportunities in the normal jobs market and we as a market are failing this cohort of people. People of 55, 56 or 57 years old walk into my office regularly and state that no one will hire them because they are too old. Those people could and want to work for another ten years at least. I have mentioned a few times the covert discrimination that exists regarding people close to retirement and decisions being made to not hire them. That is a particular challenge.