Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Whether it is monetary or whether there is some other way of marking this, given these are surviving spouses of deceased veterans of the War of Independence, I ask that this consideration go into the Department. It is a reducing number. This time next year will be the anniversary of the Tan war or the War of Independence, whatever we call it, and something special should be done in acknowledgement of those who are surviving.