Susan O'Keeffe (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank Senator Darragh O'Brien for a good idea on CPR on this day. I am certain that some schools engage in CPR training and I understand the Senator's suggestion to be that it could be formalised and set in place in order that all schools might be able to avail of it. Thereafter, young people going out into the world would have such training at their disposal and this might be a matter on which Members could engage in this House.

In respect of pensions, the Senator is absolutely correct that a number of Labour Party Senators have raised this matter with the Tánaiste and will continue to raise it with her in the next few weeks.

I wish to take this opportunity to welcome the reassurances of the Minister, Deputy Howlin, regarding those people who fell between the several changes in the water allowance, that is, those who fell neither into the fuel allowance additional measures nor into the tax relief measures. The Department is well aware that a number of people fall between these positions and the Minister and his Department will find ways to make sure that they are not left out of the changes made regarding the payments for water and Irish Water.