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

We would need that information. On 28 November 2012, the last time we dealt with this Supplementary Estimate, we had a discussion on the number of people in receipt of pensions in different bands. On that occasion the then Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brian Hayes, supplied answers on the basis of parliamentary questions that had been raised. He did not give exhaustive answers but he had more information than the Minister has today. We certainly need that information and I think the Minister should have it with him as a matter of course when he comes looking for additional money.