Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am not advocating that we not absorb it. My problem is not with that. In planning for next year the Department will prepare an estimate of what needs to be spent on pensions. Somebody will calculate the current number of pensioners, the number that will die and the number that will come on stream. The problem is that when that figure is calculated there is a difference of approximately 15,000 additional people who appear to come on stream out of nowhere. The issue is the figure, not whether we should absorb it.