Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is the point I made. The Minister for Social Protection met with the staff concerned and gave them the impression that there was an understanding of the hardship that would created for them but later agreed with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport that the order would be signed. There is a basic issue of human rights and justice here for people who understood that after a working life, they would have an entitlement that now has been taken away from them.