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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: That is the point I am trying to make; it depends on the other elements of the scheme.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: I take that point but Mr. Duggan can see what we are trying to do.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: Mr. Duggan has made that clear.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: I will stop this for a moment. My Duggan has various examples and these should be circulated, rather than going through them individually.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: It would benefit the committee to have them circulated, rather than having Mr. Duggan read them out individually.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: I thought Mr. Duggan might have one, which is the reason I asked.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: I am not disputing what Mr. Duggan is saying but I would like members to have full sight of the document.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: I take the point Mr. Duggan is making.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: The Deputy has made his point. He addressed several questions to the witnesses from Age Action Ireland and I want to afford them the opportunity to respond before I call Senator Alice-Mary Higgins.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: That has been made very clear.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: I support Mr. Duggan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: My understanding which Mr. Duggan can confirm is that when the new scheme is introduced, persons in receipt of existing pensions will be able to transition to it and not be disadvantaged by the implementation of the new scheme. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: I apologise for interrupting Mr. Scully.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: Those questions can be answered before the Senator asks her next question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: We will get answers to those questions and the Senator can then come back in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: The Senator had other questions. Does she want to raise them now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: The Senator needs to say it specifically because I think she has lost-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: The Senator needs to clarify the comment she made about the position in 2012.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: I take the point Mr. Duggan is making about the system being sustainable. That goes back to the first point I made on the importance of the committee knowing the costing of the proposals when making recommendations. I acknowledge the 2010 document, which was based on a 30 year cycle. We changed to a 40 year cycle only because of addressing the 2012 anomaly. It is worth acknowledging that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)
John Curran: Senator Higgins.