David Cullinane (Sinn Fein)

I accept that, but I am mentioning it in the context of the Minister's suggestion that my party is hard on public representatives. It would not be difficult for a Deputy to live on €75,000 per annum, which is what we propose. Nor would it be difficult for a Senator to live on €60,000 per annum or for a Minister or the Taoiseach to live on €100,000 per annum. The point we are making in the context of this amendment is that at a time when we are tightening up on the pension entitlements of all public servants, the same rules have to apply to public representatives. We cannot have a two-tier approach to what we are trying to do.