Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I very much appreciate the Senator's approach to this extremely complex matter. I have only half come to terms with it in the past couple of months. There are so many different issues at play and I want to consider it in the round. The Senator and I both agree that the latter will have to involve a gender analysis because we need to see how these policies and changes impact on gender. It needs to be broader than that as well and consider the impact on individuals, on poverty and on income replacement, and also what would be the cost involved and how would that cost be borne. It is a big chunk of work for us all to do throughout 2017 but I am keen to do it.