The Citizens’ Assembly is to tell the Government to abolish mandatory retirement ages, eliminate the time gap between retirement and eligibility for the old age pension, and to link that pension to average earnings.

Leo Varadkar has promised to review retirement rules early in the new year, cutting down on age discrimination and concerns over the rising cost of State pensions.

An ageing working population has raised the prospect of having to work longer and retire later.

Legislation to raise the pension age to 68 and to reverse the cut in the national minimum wage has been passed through the Dail.

The Minister for Social Welfare has ruled out out any rise in the retirement age.

Raising the retirement age to 75 would be the most effective way of avoiding a pensions crisis in Ireland, it was claimed today.