Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take in relation to the OECD recommendations on scrapping the current statutory retirement ages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35469/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I am aware of the OECD recommendations on retirement ages. My Department will take into consideration recommendations on all aspects of pensions policy. The Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 removed the compulsory retirement age provision for new entrants to the public sector. However, with regard to existing public health sector staff, not covered by the 2004 Act, no revisions to retirement age provisions, which allow for retirement between the ages of 60 and 65, are planned.