John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move:

That Dáil Eireann:notes that changes made to the State Pension in recent years have impacted disproportionately on women and have forced retired workers onto jobseeker’s payments;

calls on the Government to ensure that pension equality for women will be front and centre in the development of a road map for a sustainable Social Insurance Fund and associated pension reform;

urges the Government to restore the pension rates and bands to their pre-September 2012 position and to reduce the contributions requirement for State Pension eligibility from 520 to 260 contributions; and

further calls on the Government to reinstate the State Pension (Transition) so that workers can once again have the option of retiring when they reach 65 years of age with the support of a pension.

I am sharing the time. I will take ten minutes and Deputy Denise Mitchell is taking five. I am not sure who else is speaking.

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