John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I take the point Mr. Duggan is making about the system being sustainable.

That goes back to the first point I made on the importance of the committee knowing the costing of the proposals when making recommendations. I acknowledge the 2010 document, which was based on a 30 year cycle. We changed to a 40 year cycle only because of addressing the 2012 anomaly. It is worth acknowledging that up to the 2012 issue being addressed, the total contribution had always been considered over the 30 year cycle or that was the main proposal.

On the issue of care, and caring, we can as a committee agree to differ. The old system would have allowed one third of the total time to be accounted for caring, under the new system the main proposal is for half. As individuals on the committee, we can make our recommendations on the proposals based on that.

Has the Senator other questions?