Taxpayers can't become 'paymaster' for defined-benefit pensions

The Taoiseach said it is "morally wrong" to expect people to pay into defined-benefit schemes when they may never draw a benefit from it.

Taxpayers can't become 'paymaster' for defined-benefit pensions

The Taoiseach said it is "morally wrong" to expect people to pay into defined-benefit schemes when they may never draw a benefit from it.

Speaking in the Dáil, Enda Kenny said the taxpayer can't become the paymaster for pension schemes that "are going to go down".

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