Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will have to check up on that. Existing RSS participants can stay on it for life. I have made no policy decision to change that. There is a difference for the 500 new entrants, in that they can be on the scheme for up to six years in two three-year blocks. I am unsure as to what this is about, but I am happy to discuss it with the Deputy and find out what is the story. People who have been on the scheme up until this year are entitled to remain on it until they reach retirement age.

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