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

The Deputy will know that the various pension anomalies actually relate to four different sets of rules, some of which were changed in 2012 and some of which actually date back to 1961. The averaging rule dates back to 1961. The Minister for Finance's use of the word "bonkers" was in reference to the marriage bar, which ended in 1973 and which certainly was bonkers. That is a different issue again. The Minister for Finance has been extensively misquoted since then.

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