Pensioners aren’t receiving a living wage

The minimum wage, the living wage and the ‘old age pensioner’ wage are topical issues at this time.

The minimum wage is increasing to €9.15 per hour, the living wage is set at €11.50 per hour and based on a 39 hours week the OAP wage is a paltry €5.90 per hour.

Many OAPs would call this a subsistence wage leading to a pitiful existence. So, here we have it, the nub of the whole issue relating to the status of OAPs in Irish society — third class citizens.