Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy O'Dea might give me a shout and we will talk about it. However, it absolutely is. The criteria are the same. The total contributions that are required are the same for an employed person. It is exactly the same. It is merely extending the same rights to invalidity pension to the self-employed as exist currently for employees. If the Deputy has concerns, I ask him to let me know what they are and I will address them. I am sorry, I did not mean to ignore that.