Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am interested in the group in the middle who are not qualifying for any level of social welfare. Many of them are under pressure because they are travelling long distances for work or are under pressure to pay for housing and travel, etc. I am interested to see if there is some way of supporting them and their children. I am interested in whether there are particular thoughts on that.

I mentioned the PRSI for pensioners, but pensioners without PRSI might be more the direction. People have been paying in for many years and they do not see that they would get a benefit out of the PRSI when they are on their pension. Is there a view of what direction things should be going in that respect? There were recommendations in the report. There were strong views on it. I would be interested to hear from the panel on it.