Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection
Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage
1:00 pm
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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The Minister referred to unintended consequences. The only intended consequence of my amendments is to protect employees, who like the Minister himself, have been making bona fide payments into a pension scheme with a legitimate expectation that they will get a certain amount out after the sacrifices they have made over the years to pay in. The moneys could have been used for other purposes, obviously.