Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I do not need the exact figure. Reference was made to a prison officer's pay versus that of a pilot. I do not know from where the figures for the latter came. That a prison officer can be assaulted any day should be taken into account. As public servants, prison staff must statutorily pay superannuation and the pension levy whereas the same is not necessarily true of the pilot. I wanted to provide a counterbalance to what was a glib remark.

The pension scheme for new entrants and fast accrual people - the witnesses, prison officers, gardaí, departmental staff, Army staff and so on - will reduce pensions in the long term. As to the reduction in pay rates for new entrants, have there been many new recruits in this calendar year?