Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 16:

In page 14, after line 18, to insert the following:

“Report on State Contributory Pension

20.The Minister for Employment and Social Protection shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas on the following matters:

(a) the potential extension of the Homemakers Scheme to include claimants from 1973 to 1994;

(b) the impact of the 2012 changes to contributory pension bands and rates and measures to address any issues arising from those changes;

(c) a consideration of how any proposed recommendation in respect of paragraphs (a)and (b)may impact on the gender pension gap;

(d) proposals around the financing of any recommendations in respect of paragraphs (a)and (b);

(e) a consideration of how any such financing might intersect with other relevant aspects of national pension policy including the current expenditure on private pension tax relief.”.