{"id":312,"date":"2017-10-12T09:35:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T08:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/minister-cries-crocodile-tears-while-women-lose-out-on-pensions-payments\/"},"modified":"2017-10-12T09:35:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T08:35:47","slug":"minister-cries-crocodile-tears-while-women-lose-out-on-pensions-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/minister-cries-crocodile-tears-while-women-lose-out-on-pensions-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister cries crocodile tears while women lose out on pensions payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Democrats have accused the Finance Minister of crying crocodile tears while failing to address punitive rules that mean tens of thousands of women are losing out on pensions payments.<\/p>\n<p>The party\u2019s joint leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD said today:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has admitted it is \u2018bonkers and unbelievable\u2019 that women are losing out on pensions payments due to a 2012 change in the State pension eligibility rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is simply not good enough for him to cry crocodile tears after he chose in this week\u2019s Budget to do nothing to address these punitive rules. The Minister has said he will move to a fairer pension regime by around 2021. If he was actually committed to that he would have started with Budget 2018 by investing the \u20ac60 million needed to right this wrong that is denying mainly women access to full state pensions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAge Action has calculated that women are losing more than \u20ac1,500 a year on average. It is unacceptable that these women continue to be punished for leaving the workforce for a time to provide care work, or were forced out due to the marriage ban. In our Alternative Budget 2018, the Social Democrats committed to reversing the 2012 changes from mid-year 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>12 October 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Democrats have accused the Finance Minister of crying crocodile tears while failing to address punitive rules that mean tens of thousands of women are losing out on pensions payments. 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