Lenihan: Pension issue is up to Geoghegan-Quinn

Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has said it is up to EU Commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn to decide what to do about her Irish pension.

Mon, 26 Apr, 2010 - 10:14

Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has said it is up to EU Commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn to decide what to do about her Irish pension.

Minister Lenihan said he cannot legally strip Geoghegan-Quinn of her Dáil and ministerial pensions worth over €100,000.

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