Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

May I take it from the Minister's reply, without putting words in his mouth, that public sector pensioners should be assured there will be no attempt to destroy the link between public sector pay and pensions and that restoration of pension remuneration will be completed in full by January 2018? The Taoiseach and leader of the Minister's party may well be one of those pensioners in the near future, but he will be one of the lucky ones on more than €100,000 per year. However, some 100,000 public sector pensioners are in receipt of less than €25,000 annually. We must emphasis that reality in order to counter the notion that is abroad that these people are massively privileged. In fact, they have paid into and earned their pensions by right and those pensions are not exactly gold-plated. Will the Minister confirm he is on track to reverse the cuts that were imposed?

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