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Should the State pension be linked to inflation?

Fianna Fail are opposing a Fine Gael move to link the old age pension to inflation, and Ivan was joined by Fianna Fail’s spokesperson for Older People Mary Butler as well as Jerry Moriarty, CEO of the Irish Association of Pension Funds.

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16.57 25 Mar 2019


Should the State pension be linked to inflation?


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16.57 25 Mar 2019


Speaking at the Fine Gael conference in Wexford, Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty said she intends linking payments such as the pension to the consumer price index this year.

This means linking the old age pension to inflation.

Fianna Fail are opposed to the move, and Ivan was joined by Fianna Fail’s spokesperson for Older People Mary Butler.

She was also by Jerry Moriarty, CEO of the Irish Association of Pension Funds, who thinks the Government plan would be a good idea, and give more assurance to pensioners.


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