The Government have been dealt a blow in their proposed plans to change eligibility requirements for the state pension.
The Pensions Commission had recommended raising the pension age to 68, but an Oireachtas Committee recommended not increasing the age from 66.
Other recommendations in the committee's report include legislation banning mandatory retirement clauses in workers' contracts, while also recommending those who have built 40 years of work to access the state pension one year earlier at 65.
