Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

In the Bill we passed yesterday I see that if the Taoiseach retires in 2010, his pension will be calculated on the pre-cut salary. I should like to suggest that for the new year he does himself and his Ministers - and indeed the country - a favour by retiring in 2010 and give us the opportunity of a general election. Then it would be an even happier Christmas next year, and an even more prosperous year after that.

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