David Cullinane (Sinn Fein)

The Minister has provided some clarity and when she comes back, she will probably give us more clarity. The explanatory memorandum, which has been circulated to us by the Department, states that section 3 provides for the abolition of the entitlement to payment of disablement benefit in the case of assessments of loss of faculty amounting to less than 15%. It does not apply to existing applicants——