Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

Does a cut in the rate of the contributory old age pension not constitute a cut in rates? The Tánaiste said the measure applies to men and women equally which is totally disingenuous. Everybody knows that the proportion of women who start work, leave it for a period, and then return to work is much higher than men. The cut does not involve the total number of contributions. The Tánaiste is showing an abysmal lack of knowledge of the social welfare system. If a person started working at 55 years of age and worked for ten years until the age of 65-----

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