Frances Black (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their attendance and presentation to members. I also thank them for all the service they have given to their country and to the people within the communities in which they worked.

I agree with Senator Conway that this is a significant miscarriage of justice for them. We are the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality and this needs to be addressed. I hope the witnesses will get the support they need in private session.

I commend them. It must be so frustrating for them to have had no choice in what they would have liked to have happen. I can imagine that must be the most difficult part of this issue. Their choice was taken away. I cannot even imagine what it must have been like to think they were getting a pension when they got to the age of 60 only to realise there was nothing there for them.

I will do everything in my power to support them in their endeavours in the future. I thank them for everything they have done.