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Annual Dinner 2024 - Speech by Minister of Finance, Michael McGrath, TD

Annual Dinner 2024 - Speech by Minister of Finance, Michael McGrath, TD

01/03/2024 Posted by IAPF
We welcomed back Minister of Finance, Michael McGrath, TD to our Annual Dinner, where he was very supportive of our submissions on pensions to Government.
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Annual Dinner Speech by Minister of Finance, Michael McGrath, TD

Annual Dinner Speech by Minister of Finance, Michael McGrath, TD

23/02/2023 Posted by IAPF
We were delighted to run our Annual Dinner at the end of February for the first time since 2020. We were honoured to have Minister for Finance, Michael McGrath, TD, as a speaker.
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IAPF Calls on incoming Government to Appoint a Pensions Minister as prioritised by the Electorate

IAPF Calls on incoming Government to Appoint a Pensions Minister as prioritised by the Electorate

27/02/2020 Posted by IAPF
The priority should be on a long-term sustainable state pension system rather than moving retirement age back to 65
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Chairperson Annual Dinner Speech

Chairperson Annual Dinner Speech

27/02/2020 Posted by IAPF
Read Eunice Dreelan's welcome address for the 2020 IAPF Annual Dinner
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IAPF comment on the Central Statistics Office's Pension Coverage 2019 report

IAPF comment on the Central Statistics Office's Pension Coverage 2019 report

06/01/2020 Posted by IAPF
"There are a myriad of reasons [for not taking out a pension], including a deep lack of understanding of how pensions work and how important they are, coupled with an element of mistrust in a pension system so complex that even the experts struggle to get
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30,000 people turning 65 in 2020 may be forced to claim the Dole for two years

30,000 people turning 65 in 2020 may be forced to claim the Dole for two years

01/01/2020 Posted by IAPF
“The fact that our Government expects the 30,000 people who will turn 65 in 2020 to sign up for job seekers allowance for two years is nothing short of an insult."
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IAPF calls for the appointment of a Pensions Minister

IAPF calls for the appointment of a Pensions Minister

03/10/2019 Posted by IAPF
"The lack of progress on the Roadmap and the failure to transpose the European Pensions Directive into Irish law 9 months after it was due does not give any confidence that pensions are seen as a high priority."
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IAPF urges Government “not to take their foot off the gas” when it comes to Pension Reform

IAPF urges Government “not to take their foot off the gas” when it comes to Pension Reform

30/05/2019 Posted by IAPF
“We don’t have time to halt progress over the Summer months when we are already behind on the actions outlined in the Pensions Roadmap and Auto-enrolment”
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Concern expressed for Pension reform as Government misses 80% of target dates set out in Pensions Roadmap

Concern expressed for Pension reform as Government misses 80% of target dates set out in Pensions Roadmap

01/03/2019 Posted by IAPF
The Government has missed 19 of the 24 target deadlines for 2018 it set out in its Roadmap for Pensions Reform, and of the 11 tasks outlined for Q1 2019, only one appears to have been implemented.
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Chairperson Annual Dinner Speech

Chairperson Annual Dinner Speech

28/02/2019 Posted by IAPF
Read Peter Fahy's welcome address for the 2019 IAPF Annual Dinner
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