Nicky with Olwyn Enright after meeting with IFA President John Byran and farm women's pension group
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Just ½ million needed to reinstate pensions while Anglo gets €40 billion
Fine Gael Longford/ Westmeath Senator, Nicky McFadden, has said the backing received by an Oireachtas Committee in relation to the protection of the pensions of farm spouses is a welcome reprieve during these dark days of assault by the Government on rural Ireland.
“The decision taken yesterday by the Social & Family Affairs Committee to back a proposal, set down by Fine Gael’s Olwyn Enright, calling for Minister O’Cuív to reverse the Government’s attack on farm spouse pensions is to be welcomed amidst the raft of unprecedented attacks on farming families of late.
“Recognising the difficulties faced by farmers, the Committee, moved to have the contributory old age pension for farm spouses reinstated, following the callous decision by Government to remove it. The restoration of these pensions would cost just €570,000, a mere pittance when consideration is given to the fact that €40 billion has been given over to nurse Anglo Irish Bank along with no systemic importance to the Irish banking system and no credit benefits for the ordinary citizen. …read on or make a comment
