John Brassil (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Outside the gates of Leinster House today there are a couple of hundred retired ESB workers who for the past ten years have received no increase in their pensions. I know that the Taoiseach is familiar with the issue because I raised it this time last year when they protested, but nothing has changed. Retired workers from every other body in receipt of pensions have received an increase in recent years. This applies to contributory and non-contributory pensions and so on. The workers in question who worked for a semi-State company have received nothing. What plans does the Government have to introduce legislation to compel semi-State companies such as the ESB to respect their retired employees and pay them their increased pensions?

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