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

I have an open mind, genuinely. The Government will approach this with an open mind. The Commission on Pensions did very detailed work, under Ms Josephine Feehily's chairmanship. It did genuine, bona fide work.

It is work that will feed in. The joint committee has examined that. The Deputy made the point that it is fiscally sound. That will be examined. It has to be fiscally sound. There is no point pretending to future generations or leaving them short because this generation has not devised policy responses that guarantee and sustain pensions well into the future and decades ahead. That has to be a core objective of the entire House. We will approach this with an open mind in terms of the sustainability of the pension environment because it is key to a quality life.

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