For Richer, For Poorer: An Investigation of the Irish Pension System

With current pension policy widening income inequality in Irish society, a large proportion of our pensioners, particularly women, will be without adequate income in their old age. Edited by Jim Stewart, For Richer, For Poorer gives a radical critique of our pension system, outlining key proposals on what should constitute a pension strategy for Ireland.

Provocative and timely, For Richer, For Poorer argues that our current system is skewed towards the better off. Exposing a system that has evolved to serve the interests of the pension industry, the book offers both a critical evaluation of this system and makes clear policy recommendations.

With Peter Connell on demographics; Gerard Hughes on the cost of tax expenditures; Anthony McCashin on the State pension system; Jim Stewart on sources of income to the retired population; and Sue Ward on the UK pension system, For Richer, For Poorer explores the problems with the current system, and recommends that while the UK has been our guide, it should not be our model.