The Oireachtas committee on social protection has said the pension age should stay at 66 and not be increased to 68, but can we afford to listen to them? For more on this Pat was joined on the show by Jerry Moriarty  CEO of Irish Association of Pension Funds and SIPTU economic researcher, Michael Taft.

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