Written answers
Thursday, 15 February 2007
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Pension Provisions
4:00 pm
David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his progress on the production of a Green Paper on pensions; when he expects to publish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5873/07]
Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The Government is committed to producing a Green Paper on pensions as part of the social partnership agreement Towards 2016. The Green Paper will outline the major policy choices and the challenges we face in the pensions area. The two reports completed by the Pensions Board in 2006 — the National Pensions Review and their report on mandatory pensions, Special Savings for Retirement are major inputs to the Green Paper.
I expect that the Green Paper will be finalised by the end of March 2007 and published thereafter. A consultation process will then take place and the Government will publish a framework for future pensions policy on foot of this.
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