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Fri 03 Mar 2007Something 'going to give' over pensionsThe Pensions Ombudsman has suggested that the traditional public sector pension arrangements may have to be changed in the future.At the Industrial Relations News conference on social partnership at UCD yesterday, Paul Kenny said that although the public finances were currently strong, the actuarial commitments involved in the provision of public sector pensions were very large. "Something is going to have to give," he said.