Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail)

During the 2002 election campaign, we promised to increase the State pension to €200 per week. Over our term of office, of which there are hopefully three years left, we will deliver on this promise. We are well on the way to doing so. We should not forget that over the three budgets of the rainbow coalition, the Labour Party Minister for Finance gave the pensioners who helped to create the Celtic tiger a total average increase of €2.95.