Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We must be careful because it is complex. We all feel the same way about large pensions paid to the big guys who have left but we do not want to undermine the pension scheme for bank officials, who are not at fault for happened in the banking system. Many of them have lost their jobs and we must ensure their pensions are protected. We do not want to undermine their pension schemes while dealing with a different problem.

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