Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left) | Oireachtas source

I am delighted to hear that the Tánaiste will be focusing on retired people in the budget. I am hoping she might give special attention to a category of women who are experiencing a discriminatory pension as a result of the marriage bar and an overhang from that situation. One of my constituents said recently that a colleague of hers had applied to pay the property tax to have it deducted from her pension. However, she was told she could not do that because her income could not be brought below €188, yet this woman is expected to live on a pension of €150 because she cannot access a full State pension as a result of the marriage bar.

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