Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is what all the parties in the House have signed up for, it seems, if that is what is in the report. I understand, by the way, why that would be a recommendation. The Cabinet committee will look at this after the publication of the report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare. We said we would look at the pensions issue six months after we got the Commission on Pensions report, which will be the end of March. We intend to come back to the House on that.

We support the banning of mandatory retirement clauses. People should be allowed to continue to work if that is their wish and their choice. That makes sense relative to the fact that we are living longer. There will not be any easy choices here. Politicians tend to reach for the easy choices, if we are all honest. Not every Oireachtas committee goes for the pain option. I have been there.

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