Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In 2012 the then Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, changed the pension rules. Women who came of pension age and applied for that pension in 2012 either got no pension or got a reduced pension. While the Taoiseach indicated he would start to address that anomaly in this budget, I would like to ask him about another category of women who are mothers to the men and women of today and who were altogether left behind. They got no pension because they reared their children and stayed at home. Many of them are in their 70s and 80s and are still alive. They deserve recognition in this budget as well to ensure they are in some way rewarded and recognised for what they have done for this country. They are the mothers of the people who are running the country today. I see the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Doherty, nodding her head.

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