Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The State pension age is now at 66 and that is the retirement date. I am happy to look at it but in solving one problem sometimes one could create a whole load more. I take the Deputy's point. I think of the cleaner and the hoover coming after. The person's back is broken and they are bent over. It is about how can we help those people. In the social welfare Bill I am bringing in, there is provision for those who can work and will have the option to work on longer. There are people who are fit and healthy at 66 and are dying to keep going. It is not right that they should have to retire either. We have both sides of it.