Richard Bruton
Question:36 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons, who take early retirement will have all of their non-statutory lump sum assessed against them when they come to apply for unemployment assistance, and will lose their entitlement to treatment benefit before they reach retirement age and for the rest of their lives; his views on whether changes should be made in these provisions in order to make early retirement an acceptable option.