Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Regarding the pensions programme, could the Minister give us a figure for the money saved or anticipated to be saved this year from the changes to social welfare pensions in terms of the number of contributions a person has to make, the bands and so on? How much money has been saved as a result of those changes? Various changes were made, one of which was the number of stamps a person had to have overall, but others were to do with the number of years and so on. What savings have been made as a result of the changes to the qualification for social welfare pensions, and specifically the contributory pension?