Grasping the nettle on pensions

Sir, – As a self-employed person, I pay a percentage of my earnings in PRSI but am entitled to nothing if my business fails and will receive a State pension only marginally greater than a non-contributory pension. I am sick and tired of being told I must provide for myself yet subsidise everyone else. – Yours, etc,

NIALL SUDWAY,

Knocklyon Court,

Templeogue, Dublin 16.