Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I know it is not a matter of normal convention. In light of the level of public concern about this issue, I think that advice should be published. Frankly, I do not buy the suggestion that the Minister cannot go much further in respect of these pensions because of constitutional constraints. I do not believe he is politically willing to take on this matter. The suggestion that the individuals on these extraordinary pensions have been hit hardest, as the Minister has described it, is really very troubling.

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