Taoiseach Micheál Martin has told Fianna Fáil TDs that the State pension age should not go beyond 66 years old.
Mr Martin also told his parliamentary party colleagues at a meeting today that PRSI increases may be needed over time to fund this approach.
The Pension Commission report published last October said that the State pension age should rise by three months each year from 2028 until it hits 67 in 2031.
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The report also recommended that it should then gradually increase to 68 by 2039.
And Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys Heather has said previously she will be bringing proposals on the pension age to the Government before the summer recess.
However, now the Taoiseach has expressed his view that the pension age should not go beyond 66.
Fianna Fáil sources said Mr Martin said people should be allowed to continue to work if they want to do so.
Speaking about increasing the pension a few months ago, Minister Humphreys said “difficult decisions” had to be made and that by 2050, there is only going to be two people working for every one pensioner, something that “isn’t sustainable.”
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