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WOMEN ARE FAR less likely to be preparing for their retirement than men, according to new research in Irish pensions.
While the gender pay gap is an issue that has been brought to the fore by a number of recent high-profile cases, the gender pension gap is another problem that is lurking behind.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar recently described pensions as being “an issue that been long-fingered for too long” and announced plans to bring in an auto-enrolment pension system by 2021.
Now a new survey conducted by Ipsos Mori on behalf of insurer Aviva has found that a lack of preparation for retirement is particularly acute among Irish women.
The survey found that just 8% of Irish women are taking steps to ensure they have adequate income after they retire. The comparative figure for men is almost three times higher but is still at the low rate of 22%.
Respondents to the survey were also asked it they were concerned they won’t have enough money when they retire: 37% of women said that they were worried compared to 27% of men.
The survey also found that 44% of women say they don’t understand pensions and investments, compared to 27% of men.
Women are also more likely to continue working after they retire. The survey found that 5% of women work full-time in retirement to supplement their pension income, compared to just 1% of men.
Currently, women make up almost half (46%) of the State’s workforce.
“The existence of a gender pension gap is hardly surprising, given that women earn less and in many cases spend less time in the workforce than men because they take maternity leave and time out of their careers to care for their children,” Aviva’s Ann O’Keeffe said upon publication of the survey.
Women are also more likely to work part-time – in fact, women account for 70% of part-time workers in Ireland. But it is worrying that women are so unprepared and lacking information on how best to prepare for their retirement.
The State’s contributory pension is currently €235-a-week but it has been mooted to rise in the upcoming Budget by an extra €5.
“Source: The Journal”
Seriously.
Does the ministry for Irish not speak Irish either, wtf
yet again we see one rule for tds and another for the rest of us. what employer would offer me a job if my cv stated I’d no knowledge of an essential part of the position. do you think the employer would take me on and then pay for me to gain knowledge in the subject. it’s just bonkers. they won’t apply the same rights for everyone else and only last week it’s transpires that a private company has offered to pay for a teacher in the aran islands, no funding for the kids one on one there courtesy of the govt, no that only applies to the pampered few in leinster house.
Hope he’s a quick learner because they don’t have a lot of time left in office.
Poor Joe doesn’t realise Montreal and Nova Scotia are in Canada, good lad!
On the continent of North America….containing Americans… Shocker!!!
For those of you who are perhaps not too happy with Joe McHugh, in particular with his recent decision to stop the vital aeroplane service to The Aran Islands, celebrated Ghaelacht Islands, sign this petition now. If Joe McHugh really cared for the Ghaeltacht, he would’t be getting rid of such a necessary service.
Petition here: https://www.change.org/p/joe-mchugh-enda-kenny-save-the-aran-islands-aeroplane-service/
It’s getting replaced by a helicopter service. Is that not worth mentioning or do we just have to get in a rage about everything?
Helis can operate in rougher weather and the winning bid came in €300,000 lower than the encumbent what’s the problem?
it’s change. they just don’t like change for the sake of it, even though the company operating them are also from Galway and have to provide the same service for the same price to islanders.
Not like the Eircode tender where the winner gave the third placed a juicy contract in UK 2 years after they mysteriously withdrew. And winner will give €23.6 million of the €27 million tender to second place An Post. And even though Loc8 code offered a perfect post code for free…could a tender be any more corrupt?
He was fluent in bull shit long before he was handed his cushy number. Seems to be a prerequisite for being a FG TD though.
The question about being taught by a non native teacher was a bit odd seeing that the vast majority of school kids in Ireland are taught Irish, French, German etc by non native speaker teachers. In fact worldwide more than 80% of language teachers are not native speakers.
Is this lad a mature student or an intern? Seems like an expensive education at our expense. Btw the ersi report shows an increase of 18% in attitude, that’s not the small figure Enda was referring to, would someone ask some pertinent questions please.
A documentary on radio 1 showed how bad mc hugh is at irish, you don’t pick it up in a year. He only lives a few miles from the gaeltacht too.
Good for him. I applaud him learning and showing by example it can easily be done with hard work and determination besides moaning about him not been born into an Irish speaking family.
You learn Irish at school, or you would do if there was any competence around the subject. Handing out the portfolio like a treat has it this way, this lad seems to be on a personal journey, he’s a bloody Minister.
No comment.
another parasite.
“Minister Qualifies”
An educational achievement for Enda the Educator, pyrrhic for Enda the Taoiseach.
Tir gan teanga ……..
Tir gan eolas!
…agus tír gon anam. :(
I’d be surprise if Joe keeps his seat at next election. Donegal is going from 6 seats (2 x 3 seat constuitency) to a 5 seater (with chunk of South Donegal going into new “Sligo–Leitrim” constituency.
The fact that he was given job in first place was probably to rise his profile come the election, same can be said for Heather Humphries whose seat is also probably marginal.
Who gives a f**k, really.. This is not news
Perhaps he could visit the Aran Islands. He mightn’t learn many beannachtaí but would definitely get invaluable experience of mallachtaí, given his ridiculous decision to stop the Air Aran service. As they say McHugh Níl son tóin tinn mar do thóin tinn féin.
*aon*
Bye bye Joe
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