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OPINION:Around 800,000 ordinary workers, not the super wealthy, would be hardest hit by any move to reduce tax relief on pensions, writes PATRICK BURKE

WITH THE emergency budget approaching, the issue of pension tax relief has come under the spotlight. The Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF) has serious concerns that the Government could destroy private pension provision if it were to reduce pension incentivisation in the budget.