Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government loves to say it consults the Opposition, listens to it and takes on board its concerns, yet it rarely does so. The same thing will happen here. Trustees will consult pensioners and take views on board, but they will proceed as planned unless there is robust legal protection for pensioners. Although I acknowledge the Minister of State's record on this, pension funds can spend millions of euro on legal fees to get around his "consultation" and his "taking on board". We need legislation that is as robust as possible and gives as much power as possible to retired workers.

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