Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I will deal with all of these questions. One of the first things I did was to see how we could mitigate the pensions that were based on those high salary levels. I took very strong advice and that is why, in the FEMPI legislation, I introduced an additional take, so the marginal rate of deduction is very high indeed. I will give the Deputies the exact figures, although I do not have them to hand.

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