Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

-----which is of central importance to the country and its economy.

I have had the privilege of serving as a Minister of State and also as Minister for Education and Science and Minister for Social and Family Affairs. I am glad I had the opportunity to develop the national pensions strategy, which constitutes a long-term policy for the protection of the incomes of future generations.

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