Elderly with €50k-plus private incomes face state pension cuts
Social Protection Minister Éamon O Cuív said yesterday that, in the current climate, the Government should at least examine the situation whereby people with “very significant private income” were also receiving a contributory state pension.
It came as Taoiseach Brian Cowen insisted that the most vulnerable people in society would be protected in the budget – but failed to rule out a means test for pensioners.
