Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)

I know. SIPTU has been mentioned a lot but it does not represent gardaí, members of the Defence Forces and prison officers. It might represent fire officers. There are different categories of worker involved. A special case can be made for them that they provide a particular service that forces them to retire early. They feel that a further unfairness is being imposed on them because of this section. The Minister has said that the unions are happy with it but that is not the case. He might think it is a reasonable balance but from what I hear the representative bodies do not agree with that and they make a fair case.