Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

My last question is on the pension situation.

In simplistic terms it seems there are two different pension schemes, one of which is primarily attached to older people and the other for younger people and one of them is in some difficulty and the other is in surplus. Can Mr. Boland explain how pensions are paid? It strikes me that it is different here from some other areas of education, for example, primary education where the pensions come directly from the State.