Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank all Deputies for the contributions they have made in the course of the debate. I want to address some of the claims that have been made about the path of action I am taking on behalf of Government if such a path of action is endorsed by a majority of the unions that are currently balloting on the extension of the Lansdowne Road agreement. I wish to record a number of points which have not been acknowledged by Deputies as they have been criticising me during the debate. Many Deputies referred to the impact of the public service pension reduction, PSPR. I did not hear from a single Deputy who raised this point the fact that by 1 January next year, the PSPR will be eliminated for anybody with a pension of less than €32,000. If one is in receipt of a pension less than €32,000, the pension reductions which were regressively in place as a result of the crisis will be gone by 1 January next year.

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