The Fianna Fail proposal, outlined in policy papers seen by this newspaper, is broadly backed by Fine Gael. - Fianna Fail wants to ban employee contracts that force people to retire at 65. - Fine Gael wants to link PRSI to better benefits including better sick pay and unemployment insurance, better childcare and further education while in employment. While the parties are agreed on protecting core social welfare rates and introducing a State transition pension, Fianna Fail's insistence on deferring the State pension increase next year is causing major difficulties. "You'd want to have safeguards to make sure you don't dip in [to it] too much," a senior Fine Gael source said.

Source: Irish Independent June 07, 2020 01:36 UTC