John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the pension ages and available projected pension age increases in the EU. [47068/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will understand that my Department does not have responsibility for collation and dissemination of the data or projections requested.

The European Commission publishes a Pensions Adequacy Report on a regular basis, available on its website ( the specific address is ) which provides information on the current State pension age in each Member State, and how it has increased over recent years. The most recent edition of this report was published in 2018, and it contained information on the position in 2017, and also contains details of some future changes that have already been announced, although this does not include likely changes that have not been decided upon or announced.

The Deputy will understand that it is not possible to state with certainty what the State pension age will be in any country in significant periods into the future, as in each state it is subject to a number of factors, including Government decisions and/or formal and informal links those countries have made between the State pension age and future changes in life expectancy. However, there is significant data in both the 2018 report, and in the 2015 edition, for someone to track the rate of change in various countries to date, and to make their own projections, based upon the trajectory to date.

I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.