Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

No. It would cost €70 million for these people whereas the Minister of State is referring to the whole lot. We are proposing to make a start on it by addressing those, especially women, who have lost out since 2012. According to replies to our parliamentary questions, €70 million per year would achieve that. We ask that this matter be revisited. Everything costs money and there is no easy solution, but we are proposing that we make a start on addressing this problem. We should move. The system discriminates against women. Unfortunately, they are losing out. They have come to every Deputy's office. Some are in a bad place because of this problem, so I plead with the three Ministers of State present to revisit it.

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