Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

I waited to see what his first sentence would be in his best, dramatic Kerry tradition, whether the Labour Party's treachery was "profound" or "monumental". It is always one or the other. Today it was "profound". I could refer to parts of the document I would criticise. The one thing he criticised was the increase in the age for the old age pension between now and 2028. It is going up in increments to 66, 67 and 68. The old age pension was set at 65 by Brendan Corish in the mid-1970s.

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