Delay in pension increases
Ben Scallan reacts to a “crazy” clip from 2020 of Mary Lou McDonald getting mocked for suggesting that part of the long-term solution to the pensions timebomb is to allow people to have more children.
Demographic decline.
Ireland is no exception when it comes to dodgy public sector accounting.
Yes, you have a duty to reproduce.
The poster boy for “centrist dad” politics finds himself embroiled in an inevitable crisis.
Increased demand on healthcare, pensions
Ageing population
The figures are based on a survey of Ireland’s over-65 population and workshops, as well as publicly available data.
Population aged 66 and over set to almost double
Several new TDs have promised to raise the issue in the Dáil.
China is acknowledging the escalating crisis and taking aggressive steps to counter it, the West seems content to let the chips fall where they may