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

Yes, and that could continue or be reversed under a new agreement. It lasted as long as the Haddington Road agreement and now we are starting to reverse that. Perhaps the Minister can explain this point. The Minister said it should be noted that the pension awarded to Ministers who are retiring in 2016 would be based on the pay rates in place just before the public service pay adjustments of July 2013. Are the pay rates in place now lower than those that were in effect prior to July 2013? Is the public service pension reduction, PSPR, on a higher or lower figure than what it was before the Haddington Road agreement?

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