Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)

They were short-term measures which were important and needed. I do not know whether the Minister grasps the fact that people are terrified about what will happen when they retire. They do not know what will have happened to the schemes that they have paid into for their entire lives. When will the Government reach a decision? We are forced to ask questions on different things. The Minister is ruling some things out, but we do not know what she is ruling in and actually considering. When will we get some kind of coherent response on this matter?

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