Fergus O'Dowd
Question:319. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in line with the recommendations of the Pensions Commission, a smoothed earnings method to calculating a benchmarked or indexed rate of State pension payments will be introduced as an input to the annual budget process and submitted to Government for its consideration in September each year, commencing in 2023; if the benchmarking report has been submitted to Government; if so, when the report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43510/23]
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