One-third of workers will be totally reliant on State pension when they retire

The 45-54 year old age cohort were the most likely to have pension cover outside the State pension – at 76.8%.

More than one-third of workers will be totally reliant on the State pension when they retire, new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show.

The CSO survey, conducted between July and September last year, found  35.3% of those in employment had no supplementary pension cover.