Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Okay, but she can vote in the Chamber on it. If she or anyone chooses to vote against this, the clerical officer retiring next week, who will be on a very small pension, or the staff officer retiring with the legitimate expectation of a lump sum, will be left wanting. The money we are looking for is to ensure that we can balance our books in this Vote this year. The Deputy is putting forward the view, for whatever obtuse political reason, that this money is for people who are on pensions of €100,000 plus, but I suspect the major part of this money is for people on very small public pensions who have worked hard over time. If the Deputy and her party choose to take a stand against them, so be it.