Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund: Discussion

10:50 am

Photo of Marie MoloneyMarie Moloney (Labour)
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Could we examine the area further? If people have moved abroad and are contributing to another country's economy, we would, in effect, be paying a double pension; the people would get a pension from the country in which they live as well as Ireland. If the people in question made contributions here, that is fair enough, but should the rate not be quite reduced?