Dublin pensioner, 83, says modest Budget payback will go to his grandchildren

An 83-year-old former lecturer and human resources manager has said the modest payback he is being offered in Budget 2017 will go straight on his six grandchildren.

Bill Rothwell (pictured), from Drimnagh, Dublin, questioned why ministers did not change the means-tested medical card system or cut health and prescription costs further, rather than putting money into a slight pension increase.