asked the Minister for the Public Service if he will state, in view of the Taoiseach's comments at the Lord Mayor's Banquet on St. Patrick's Day in Cork to the effect that a substantial part of the misery which exists in society is derived from the cumulative acts of self-interestedness, of greed or laziness that infects our society at every level, whether the Government will set an example for all citizens by introducing legislation to prevent Members of the Oireachtas who are in receipt of salaries as TDs or Senators from drawing Ministerial pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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