An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2023-02-14
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

That is something we are examining. As I said earlier, I have never been a big fan of rigid or compulsory retirement ages if people are fit and healthy and are able to pass a fitness test. Why would we not allow them to stay on, particularly at a time when we are finding it so hard to get staff across society and the economy because of full employment? It might have been different ten or 15 years ago when unemployment was high and we were trying to create opportunities for young people but there is no sector of our economy or society that is not struggling to get staff because of full employment. That makes us rethink our attitude to allowing older people or even not so old people to work for a bit longer.

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