Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I second the amendment. Senator Terry spoke eloquently on her amendment. It is a matter about which she has spoken in this House for the past five years. She is sticking doggedly to her task in this area. I ask the Minister to give consideration to accepting this amendment.

If not today then at some other point, perhaps the Minister might come back to me on the question I raised about allowing pre-1953 contributions for the calculation of benefits. There are a very small number of people in that category.