Social Welfare Payments
Dail Éireann — 2026-02-26
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John Paul O'Shea (FG), Cork North-West

I am talking this question on behalf on Deputy McCarthy. I remind the Minister that Deputy McGrath was always first in in the budget process in Cork County Council when he sat on it with me over the past number of years. It is good to see things have not changed since then. I want to ask the Minister, and it is a very timely question on behalf of Deputy McCarthy, about his plans to introduce a cost-of-disability payment and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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Sitting date: 2026-02-26