Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 October 2025

Committee on European Union Affairs

Eurofound: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Barry WardBarry Ward (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)

If I may, I will ask Mr. Kalfin about mandatory retirement. There is a lot of debate about pension ages and things like that. Particularly in the public sector, not just in Ireland but elsewhere in Europe, mandatory retirement ages are being implemented. That results in a loss of institutional knowledge and, as Deputy Butterly was saying, sometimes people who would love to continue working are forced into retirement. How does Mr. Kalfin feel about that? Is it something we should be looking at again from a public policy perspective?

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