The Pension Promise campaign has been launched to address the challenge of pension poverty, seeking a €53 weekly increase to the state pension
A coalition of groups has called on the government to ensure the state pension is set at 34 per cent of average earnings.
Siptu, the National Women’s Council, Age Action, Active Retirement Ireland and members of the Senior Citizen’s Parliament launched the Pension Promise campaign on Monday. Siptu deputy general secretary, Ethel Buckley, said: “Currently, the number of older people and those on fixed incomes that are living in what can only be described as ...
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