Fergal Browne (Fine Gael)

I mentioned past members of local authorities and pensions for them in our previous debate on this Bill. This is loosely relevant to section 12 of this Bill and I hope the Minister of State will consider it again for people who served on local authorities when there was no salary. They spent many years, sacrificed a great deal personally, commercially and financially, to give public service. Perhaps the Minister of State would consider some sort of pension scheme for them, less for the money than as an acknowledgement that they gave public service and were not lucky enough to spend time in the Oireachtas.