Minister hits out at FF as government face Dáil defeat on pension anomaly affecting 40,000

Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty has hit out at Fianna Fáil as the Government faces an embarassing defeat in the Dáil later today over its failure to address a women’s pension anomaly in Budget 2018.

Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty has hit out at Fianna Fáil as the Government faces an embarassing defeat in the Dáil later today over its failure to address a women’s pension anomaly in Budget 2018.

The row centres on changes made by Joan Burton in 2012 which saw women who took time out of employment to raise families before 1994 receive smaller pension payments.