Lenihan: Pension levy to be in place ‘for a long time’

PUBLIC sector workers were last night warned the tax on their pensions would be in place for a “long time to come” as Finance Minister Brian Lenihan pushed the move through the Dáil.

As angry demonstrators protested against the levy outside Leinster House, the minister hinted at only minor changes to the effective pay cut.

He insisted the levy would pull in e1.4 billion this year and though it may be revised when the economy finally picks up, it would “be part of the landscape for a long time to come”.