Government stalling on ‘pensions time-bomb’ review is getting old fast

In April, 2012, Social Protection Minister Joan Burton announced that the OECD would conduct an independent review of long-term pensions policy in Ireland. She said: “the study will be a short and focused review”.

In February, 2013, in a reply to a parliamentary question, she said that a consultation forum was held in Farmleigh House in September, 2012.

“It is anticipated that the final OECD report will be presented to me in the coming weeks”. On April 22, 2013, the preliminary ‘Review Of The Irish Pension System’ was published.