Social Welfare Schemes
Dail Éireann — 2023-03-28
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Catherine Connolly (IND), Galway West

I am afraid so, Minister. Indecon's cost of disability report was published on 7 December 2021 but was commissioned in 2018. It set out that income supports alone would not be sufficient. We knew that, which is why we are undertaking the unfortunately titled "straw man" proposal. It is the daftest title for a proposal I have ever heard of.
The Minister has stated that the proposal will be published in mid-May and that there will be further consultation, but is there a timeframe for action on disability payments to be taken so that they are fit for purpose and empower people with disabilities to live and take part in democracy and society as best they can?

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Sitting date: 2023-03-28