Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 June 2022

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

Photo of Patricia RyanPatricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Barnes and his colleagues for being here. We may be one of the richest countries but we have an awful lot of poor people in it. The council's report references the Pensions Commission projecting a €13 billion shortfall in funding for pensions in 2050. What is the best way to address this in the absence of raising the retirement age?

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