James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

I believe I have made my position clear and in so far as I can offer certainty, the certainty I have offered is that in the coming weeks we will be engaging with those who were excluded on age grounds and that I will bring proposals to Cabinet to bring a very stressful situation for them to an end as soon as is practicably possible. Regarding the people who are outside that, whom the Deputy is calling for to be treated in the same way, there are legal considerations that the Attorney General is examining at the moment. I am not in a position to give a commitment there other than to say that review is ongoing. I cannot pre-empt what the Attorney General's findings will be. I am very happy to say that the situation of those who were excluded on age grounds alone will be resolved in the very near future.

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