Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is very informative. We have discussed this in the House previously. It is an issue of major concern to the people affected and communicating the information to them properly is key. Those letters as they arrive this week and next week will be very much welcomed. I ask the Minister to confirm if the 79,000 covers everybody who is in receipt of a post-2012 pension?

I am sure this project is a logistical nightmare. How many staff are working on these reviews? Does the Minister hope to be able to gather all the information from the time spent caring from the Department's records or does she envisage the Department will need to go back? Will the pensioners be given the opportunity or be expected to provide information themselves? I know the Minister has said that initially the Department does not need that information back. What happens in the case where somebody does not get a letter? Do they have a means to be able to contact the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to inform it that they believe they should have got a letter?

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