Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There are different types of pension. There is the State pension, non-contributory, which is means tested and it is based on one's means; and there is the State pension, contributory, which is based on how much one paid into the Social Insurance Fund. It is very similar to occupational pensions that are paid to public servants and to the pension Deputy Brady will get paid for his service as a Deputy. The number of years one works and pays in results in the number of years in which one gets a payment and I think that is fair.

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