The minister confirmed a €5 increase in the weekly Fuel Allowance.
Meanwhile, almost 3 in 4 adults said that people will need to work longer to support themselves in later life.
“Dodgy accounting”: Economist Cormac Lucey tells Ben Scallan that Ireland’s national debt is up to 5 times higher than official figures indicate, because of the way pension costs are recorded.
Additional tax on the ‘child-free by choice’?
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