Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I love the term "in the coming weeks" because it really narrows it down. In fairness, I appreciate the work that was done. I understand that it is a massive report and the area of pensions is hugely complex with many different aspects to it. As the Minister outlined, the report is more than 250 pages long. However, it has been published for almost eight months and we need a response from the Government. People need to know if there are changes coming, and what they are, so that they can plan for their retirement and, most important, when they will be able to access their State pension.

I appreciate that the Minister mentioned the report compiled by the Oireachtas joint committee. That report sought flexibility, which I hope we will see in the Government's response. It should not be a one-size-fits-all approach and that everyone should get their pension at a certain age. We need to have flexibility built into the system given the range of sectors and workers. One size does not fit all for those workers.

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