Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection
General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion
Mr. Tim Duggan:
The Deputy is probably correct. The idea of the enhanced rate is that it is an actuarially enhanced rate. It is not intended to enrich people. It is intended to be as cost-neutral as possible. When you enhance something actuarially, it obviously takes time to absorb that so it probably is around 83 that the balance is struck. It works the other way in the sense that if you live longer than that, you obviously gain significantly because you are on this significantly enhanced rate. It is an actuarial balance that will be struck when the rate is set.
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