'It is a time bomb': FG plan to increase pension age; FF call for review

People who want to work beyond the age of 65 should be able to do so, Willie O'Dea told RTÉ Radio’s Morning Ireland

'It is a time bomb': FG plan to increase pension age; FF call for review

Fianna Fáil’s spokesperson on Social Protection, Willie O’Dea has said that if elected to power the party would institute a review of the pension age as it has to be sustainable.

People who want to work beyond the age of 65 should be able to do so, he told RTÉ Radio’s Morning Ireland, and there should no longer be a requirement for people to sign on after the age of 65, before the pension commences.

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