Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)

In effect the Deputy has raised with me the agenda of the National Women's Council. Obviously he met its representatives, as I also did. If I were in Opposition I would also go through their shopping list. When I met them I gave them some answers. While I do not have at my fingertips the detailed data the Deputy seeks, I will get them for him.

Deputy Stanton asked me how many women over 65 receive social welfare payments. It is estimated that approximately 83% of women over 65 years of age——

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