Young and low-income workers to be hit hardest if pension linked to life expectancy 

Advocacy groups including ICTU, Social Justice Ireland, and Age Action, say the proposed delaying of State pension would harm younger and poorer people most, and could contribute to cumulative disadvantage. Picture: PA

Young and lower-income workers will be disproportionately impacted if the Government adopts , a proposal to link the State pension age to life expectancy, it has been claimed.

The proposal, contained in a report on the country's ageing population launched by Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe, could see workers unable to get a State pension until they are in their 70s.