Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 December 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

Overview of Pensions: Discussion

10:00 am

Photo of Kevin HumphreysKevin Humphreys (Labour)
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It would be helpful if we could link up with the UK authority. I want to ensure that it is an inclusive pension scheme, so will people at all income levels be able to get it? Even with a figure of roughly 10%, if it is concentrated in a low-income area the automatic enrolment will not help to deal with the problem of those on low incomes. The more information we have, the better the decision-making process will be. It would be helpful to the committee's deliberations on pensions if Mr. Duggan could find out further information.