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

I thank the Minister. I am also mindful of the fact that when this is reported in the media, females are probably discussed but between 25% and 30% of those affected are male, many of whom left the country in the 1980s to work in England when there was no employment here. They sent pay packets home but had that break in contributions. They are as badly affected. At the end of the process, if somebody feels they were entitled to an increase but the Department has adjudicated they are not, will there be an appeals mechanism or will there be some way for them to argue that point?

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