early pension cash in

[rtc]

I've been looking at the option of cashing in my pension early in order to avoid insolvency or bankruptcy ie: to pay off some unsecured debts .However I am 46 and have been told I cant access any of it until I am 50 .Is there any way around this ?wasn't Michael Noonan supposed to enact some legislation around this ?

 

[44brendan]

AFAIK investment in pensions can be excluded from insolvency/bankruptcy. This can be easily checked.

 

[LDFerguson]

This query arises frequently so I've answered it in a separate post here.