For the future, Fianna Fáil pledges to raise the old age pension to €200 per week. We will also introduce a homemaker's pension for pensioner spouses currently in receipt of the qualified adult allowance, set at the level of a full non-contributory pension. People in receipt of old age pensions are very appreciative and conscious of the major improvement in the rates of payment over recent years. The Fianna Fáil Party made a decision in 1997 that on election to office a special effort would be made to improve the lot of our pensioners.