Q5 Indicate with a tick () in the table below the stage when a person is most likely to have each source of income.
Source of income A State pension
Pocket money from parents Child Benefit
A SUSI student grant Interest from savings
Dependent Independent Development Pre- Retirement Retirement
Q6 Lily Byrne is 7. Her brother Adam is 23. Their mam Ciara is 41. Their grandad Pat is 68. (a) Write each person’s name beside their stage of the personal financial lifecycle.
Dependent stage Independent stage Development stage Retirement stage
(b) Identify one need and one want Adam is likely to have at his stage.
Need: Want:
(c) Name one typical source of income for Pat, Ciara and Adam.
Pat: Ciara: Adam:
(d) Helen, a friend of Ciara’s, pays some of her salary into a pension each month. Explain how this will help Helen at the retirement stage.