Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

-----employment to the current or potential access to a public service pension scheme. There could also be issues in terms of pay for people who are not technically State employees but who are working for organisations funded by the State or granted State aid, as a result of the amount of money we are able to provide for such organisations. It is an internal matter for the employers of the people concerned.

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