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

Some 80% of the people who have applied so far have had an uplift and about 20% have had no change. The vast majority are going to either a full pension or a 95% pension. Once the process is complete, I will be able to give an exact breakdown of how many are involved, how quickly the decisions are being made and so on. My intention is not to close it. I would like to think that in the main, the vast majority of people will be looked after before the summer but I do not want to close it off in case for some reason somebody just has not got around to responding and we will continue.