John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I must commend the Minister and the Department on putting the document before us together. It makes this process an awful lot clearer and easier to follow. A lot of the questions I had intended to ask have been covered by my colleagues but I would like some additional information on a number of issues already raised.

On the 2012 changes to the pension and the recalculation process, the Minister said that 8,500 people have received payment. She said that a further 24,000 have been contacted, leaving approximately 50,000 people still to be contacted. It is also my understanding that 11,000 have yet to receive the initial correspondence from the Department. This means that approximately 61,000 people have yet to be dealt with.