51. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the assertion of the Pensions Ombudsman to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform that the imposition of a 0.6% levy on private sector pension schemes in 2011 was legal but not necessarily fair; and that Government statements at the time of the levy’s introduction, to the effect that employers could be requested or required by trustees to meet the costs of the charge, were never going to be right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5062/15]

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51. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the assertion of the Pensions Ombudsman to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform that the imposition of a 0.6% levy on private sector pension schemes in 2011 was legal but not necessarily fair; and that Government statements at the time of the levy’s introduction, to the effect that employers could be requested or required by trustees to meet the costs of the charge, were never going to be right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5062/15]

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1. 4 February 2015

   Pension Levy

   51. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the assertion of the Pensions Ombudsman to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform that the imposition of a 0.6% levy on private sector pension schemes in 2011 was legal but not necessarily fair; and that Government statements at the time of the levy’s introduction, to the effect that employers could be requested or required by trustees to meet the costs of the charge, were never going to be right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5062/15]

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