Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, can tell the Minister, we had a debate on this on Committee Stage of the Social Welfare Bill 2015 last week. My understanding from what the Minister of State told me then was that the requirements for getting involved in activation schemes, etc., were abolished from the age of 62, whereas people from the ages 65 to 66 still have to be actively seeking work. That is my understanding of his reply to me then. I raised this question for clarification.

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