Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will have ample opportunity to discuss the matter on Committee Stage. As I have already stated, however, and in the context of the existing legislation, it was not really the Minister's intention to hit public service pensioners whose pensions are in payment. All he was doing was limiting the increase in line with the CPI. However, he has now had a complete change of heart.

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