David Norris (Independent)

We must encourage her and, dare I say it, seduce her into doing the right thing.

One would have to be made of stone not to have been touched by the contributions some widows made on television programmes. There was a lollipop lady who had worked all her life and her husband had also contributed. She is out of work during the summer when the schools are closed. What is she going to do? She is badly affected by this move. An asthmatic woman from Cork was also interviewed and she too will be penalised under these provisions.

I often wondered how people could afford to buy houses in Palmerston Park. I was told they were barristers.