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

That is exactly how we get things so wrong in this country so often; we wait until there is a crisis before we deal with it. The then Minister was correct. This is an emerging problem and we can see that in the medium term pensions could become unsustainable. She was right to bring forward that reform to increase the pension age and to give people plenty of notice by passing the law in 2017 but not implementing it until 2021.

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