The pension age won't be raised to 67 in January.
The government's to repeal legislation for two automatic increases in a social welfare bill to be tabled next week.
Cavan-Monaghan TD and Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys says the pension age commission will continue its work, however.
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She told the Dáil last night the question of how to fund the pensions of the future hasn't gone away: