The Hon. (Prof.) Sena Nanayakkara
Hon. (Prof.) Sena Nanayakkara raised concerns about unmarried children over 26, particularly those who remain unmarried to care for ailing pensioner parents, being ineligible for pension benefits after the parents’ deaths. He asked whether legal relief could be considered for such caregivers and whether they could be offered employment opportunities in the parents’ former institutions or supported through concessional loans or livelihood schemes.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thank you for the detailed answer.
¶ 02 First supplementary: Currently, unmarried children over 26 do not receive pension benefits after the parents’ death. Some children, often daughters, forgo marriage to provide long-term care to ailing pensioner parents, and by the time the parents pass away, they may be beyond typical marriageable age and left without support. Can legal provisions be considered to offer relief to such caregivers?
¶ 03 Second supplementary: Could opportunities be provided for such children in the same institutions where their parents served, or alternatively, special concessional loan schemes or livelihood support?
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- Hansard, Thursday, 13 November 2025 ·No. 22816 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Prof.) Sena Nanayakkara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 13 November 2025. No. 22816. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26957