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

There are two things here. Number one, if people want to work for longer to earn more credits to get a better pension they can do so now up to the age of 70. That could add another five years' worth of credits. The second thing is because we are bringing in the pension for carers now, there are a lot of people who may not have been contributing because they were at home caring so when that is added in as well, people should be better off, generally.