Patricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein)
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I thank our guests. I apologise about the voting; it just makes everything very awkward. Anyway, we will move on swiftly.

Would our guests recommend that the Government disregard or disapply the net spending rule when allocating funding for the likes of State old age pensions, especially considering that the recent increase of €12 granted in budget 2025 has caused a real decrease in the value of average earnings from 32% to 30%? If not, will they expand on the reasons?