Government will give 'full consideration' to report on increasing pension age

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said there was a lot to consider after the publication of a report which proposes linking the State pension to life expectancy

Taoiseach Micheál Martin:'Over the next 30 years significant challenges will be facing us as a society in terms of pension sustainability because we’re ageing more as a society in terms of the proportion of young people to older people and people in the workforce.' File picture: Julien Behal/PA Wire

Raising the pension age and linking the State pension to life expectancy will be given “full consideration” following the publication of a new report, the Taoiseach said.

Michéal Martin said a “menu of options and decisions” flow from that report in terms of the pension age and sustaining State pensions into the future.