Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is a concern, and this was an opportunity to address it. Next year is 2019, and the decision will clearly be made then. It was a suggestion that modelling be done. The Minister has said that 70% qualified when the requirement was for 2080 contributions. My question is, of that cohort, how many might have been expected to qualify using the same projection? The provision has not come in yet, so the 70% has been calculated on the basis of projection. I would like to know the projection of the percentage of people who qualify if the threshold was 1,560. I do not want to guess, which is why I hoped we could get the figure.