We responded comprehensively to that by retaining the pension age at 66, introducing the new flexibility to allow people to defer their pension, providing a pension to long-term carers and the small, incremental increases in PRSI over the next five years, which will make the system more sustainable. We are trying to make the pension system more sustainable in order that the young people of today can get a pension when they retire.
The estimated cost of introducing State pension payments at the age of 65 based on current pension rates is €355 million for one year only. Some people might want the higher pension, but many other people want to make up their contributions in order that they can get a full pension when they retire.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 6,742 words from 10 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Senators Lynn Ruane and Eileen Flynn; Níl, Senators Paul Daly and Regina Doherty.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Recommendation put: | Lost | 10–25 |
| Recommendation put: | Lost | 9–24 |
| Recommendation put: | Lost | 9–26 |
| Question put: "That the Bill be returned to Dáíl Éireann." | Carried | 25–9 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 9–22 |
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