Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There is a drop and they are reaching pension age but the main cause in 2012 was the downturn. When a lot of people became unemployed, they went on farm assist rather than jobseeker's allowance. Thankfully, many of those are back working. That is the main driver. If you went back to 2008, you would find a much lower figure than for 2012.