Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will make an announcement on future pensions policy. [47512/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Government is continuing to finalise its response to the Pensions Green Paper and the views expressed through the consultation process, which closed at the end of May. This will take the form of a framework for future pension policy on all aspects of our pensions system including social welfare pensions and those provided through the occupational and private pensions sector. The objective is a pensions system which provides an adequate income in retirement for everyone, which is at the same time affordable in the immediate and long-term future. The Government expects to publish its framework for future policy in the near future.