Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I do not believe we are disagreeing but that we need to be cautious about ensuring what we are doing and proposing are actually working. That is essential. What we are doing right now is working but it needs to be bedded in. We need to be absolutely certain that this is what we need and that it is where we need it. That is essential.

Having come through the process in which it was said there would be a pensions time bomb and that all would be doom and gloom, I believe conditions change based on research. Both the numbers and direction in which one goes can be changed. I am very hopeful because I know research in this area is very active. From time to time, I see signs of breakthroughs that are very encouraging. There is a need for a combination of approaches rather than a single pathway.

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