Seanad debates
Wednesday, 12 February 2003
Unclaimed Life Assurance Policies Bill 2002: Second Stage.
I suggest that the elderly should benefit from this windfall because many of them would have had investments, such as their pensions. I refer in particular to occupational pension schemes. When people retire they discover their pension is worth very little. This could be a mechanism which could assist elderly people in their later years in making their lives a little more comfortable. I welcome the Bill, although I am concerned about how the proceeds of these policies will be managed and that the best benefit will be obtained from them.
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