Kieran O'Donnell (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I did not get a chance to speak on the recommendation in regard to gender that Senator Alice-Mary Higgins withdrew. It is something I have a personal interest in and I want to take up the theme. We spoke about women who left the workplace, many of whom are now coming to us. Typically, one must have 520 paid contributions at class A or S and have an average of ten payments. Many of those would have had seven or eight years out of the workplace and they cannot make the average.