Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In the interests of brevity I will keep it short. We of course support the right of some members of An Garda Síochána and the fire service, notwithstanding the additional shift work, if they wish to continue on serving, and also we respect the union position. We of course have concerns about some of the sections that unilaterally grant the Minister power to amend the retirement age at any time. There should of course be agreement with the unions before Ministers would implement any changes to superannuation by regulation.

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