Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I apologise for my absence, I was speaking on the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill in the Dáil. I support Deputy Smith's position. This was raised before with the last Minister and at the time we were told it would be too costly to bring in the homemaker's scheme. There is a huge cohort of women in particular who are affected by this and it must be dealt with. I would appreciate the Minister bringing the report to us so that we can have a detailed examination of the whole process. To be a woman in the pre-1994 scenario and told one is not going to get a full pension is not on.