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

There are about 30,000 potentially eligible people under 66, give or take. I cannot get an accurate figure because it goes to 65, but it is not hundreds of thousands. There are 30,000 people on contributory pension, while the figures for non-contributory pension are tiny. They only exceed 100 in the 70-year age bracket. We then have the issue of entitlement because people may get the one-parent family payment and so on. That is why the number is so small. We are talking about 30,000 people. Therefore, it is reasonable to surmise that if this were to be extended, we would not hit big numbers.