Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I ask the witnesses to do a bit of research and send us a written note on it.

One of the major issues concerning social protection in the past 12 months has concerned those individuals, mainly women, who left the workforce to do family duties and had a reduced annual contribution by comparison with others. There are thousands affected. Could I have the full rundown? Letters were being issued to people. What is the current position on that? When did the people get their increases? We will ask for a detailed breakdown. Perhaps the witnesses have already done so through parliamentary questions but I have not been taking account of it. How many people are getting increases? Will anybody get a shock and get a decrease? Understandably, more women than men might qualify. The witnesses must be up to speed on this.