Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection
Implications for Employees of Changes to Pension Age: Discussion
2:10 pm
Dr. Orlaigh Quinn:
On the backdating of the homemaker's scheme, €300 million is my estimate, but I can confirm this for the Senator. There was a very significant cost involved in giving people a pension where the income was not available in the Social Insurance Fund and where contributions had not been made.