Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

If we could revise history in that regard, Donogh O'Malley took the political responsibility and was backed by Seán Lemass. It is people who do things, not those who argue for things, who move on.

It is right that people over the age of 70 should have financial worries taken from them. That is a good reform. I have heard that the matter might be re-examined. I deprecate that because it is a good reform even if we have to work through its implications.