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Dail Éireann — 2024-04-10
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Richard Bruton (FG), Dublin Bay North

To take that example, if a work contract states a person can work to 66, he or she cannot take up the options the Minister is offering to work beyond 66 because the employer's contract will trump the right to take up the social welfare option. There needs to be some innovative thinking, between the Minister’s Department and the spending Departments, to come up with some workable initiatives, because in the midst of a housing crisis, 90% of people aged 65 and over living in homes that are too big for their needs is a missed opportunity.
There is a need for some approach to this without waiting for this potential commission on caring. There are things that could be done more quickly.

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Sitting date: 2024-04-10