Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-23
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

I can absolutely assure the Deputy of one thing: there will be a further increase in the weekly pension. That will be in the budget. The exact amount has not been decided yet. That will have to be discussed between now and October and will have to be seen in the round with other things the Government wants to do. There will certainly be another pension increase. A decision on that will be made at budget time, as it always is.
I would have to read back on what was said in 2018 and what is in the programme for Government from 2020. I am not exactly sure that we made a commitment to benchmarking or indexation.

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Sitting date: 2023-05-23