David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Chairman interrupted. I apologise to Mr. Moran.

Mr. Moran touched on the changes made in 2012 to the State pension. Have they been costed? How much would it cost if we were to reverse the changes made to the bands? Is the transition pension an issue for older people, or one on which Mr. Moran has been lobbied? How does it affect people? Should it be a priority in the upcoming budget? His organisation has put forward alternative budgets in the past. Has this issue ever featured?

There were a lot of secondary welfare cuts, including to pensioners, with home care packages and telephone allowances cut, among other things. Of those, which are the key ones that impact on older people and which the witnesses would like to see reversed?