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
The focus of state policy needs to be on making women feel like they are secure enough to have children. But isn’t that first, and foremost, the job of the men in their lives?
“A low-fertility future.”
Citing increase in life expectancy
Irish Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys, who is responsible for pensions, says she’s not aware of any plans the Irish government has to increase birthrates, despite the demographic timebomb threatening pensions long-term.
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These are the messy, unpleasant challenges of the 21st century, the consequences of longer lives and greater personal life choices.
If they fail, you will pay for it, not them.
Abuses of democratic procedure cannot be judged on their short-term results alone
Once you become a pensioner, it is, in effect, no longer your problem