(Monday 26 June) Spending on old age social protection is among the lowest in the EU and the Government could well afford to honour a commitment to bring the state pension rate to least 34% of average earnings, a meeting of the Pensions Promise campaign in Cork was told today (Monday, 26th June).
At the meeting in the Imperial Hotel, Age Action Senior Public Affairs and Policy Specialist, Nat O’Connor, said: “It is sometimes said that the rate of the state pension is higher in Ireland than in most other EU countries. However, this is a deceptive claim as there is only one tier of state pension here, providing a basic rate for all, with not everyone getting the full rate.
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