Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is arguing for additional moneys on the basis that more people are retiring than was anticipated and that is fair enough and logical. Deputy Fleming raised the issue of averaging the payments and how that might work out. I would have thought that if the Minister is to come before the committee seeking additional moneys he would, as a matter of course, be able to give us a profile of the 1,100 people we are discussing. Who are they, what levels were they at and how do they fit? I do not propose that the Minister go through each individual pensioner.