Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal West, Sinn Fein)

We are definitely not talking about opening up any floodgates, given that the numbers are so small. I appreciate that there are some difficulties in terms of the date of the judgment and people who would have qualified before, but I do not think it is anything we should not be able to get over. FLAC's amendments address these issues. In the event that the amendments are not successful and the Government votes them down, which I hope is not the case, has FLAC considered any other form of compensation for people who would otherwise not be captured? Would it be appropriate for the committee to discuss whether it would be in order for another form of payment, if the Department is unwilling to grant access to the pension? Would this be out of the question?