Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Jacqueline Thornton:

We can certainly take that offline and double-check it. As Ms Murdock said, the important point is to make sure that the system is available for individuals to increase their adequacy in retirement, where they can do so. The earlier people start into a pension, the more years they will have for investment growth and compounded growth, which makes a difference at the end. For example, topping up a pension at the start of its life compared with topping up when an individual is near retirement makes a significant difference because that person has all those years of investment growth in the meantime.

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