An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2022-02-08
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Claire Kerrane (SF), Roscommon-Galway

I want to ask the Taoiseach about the Cost of Disability report that was published by Government, an Indecon report, in December. This is not the first report to recommend the introduction of a cost of disability payment. There was one by Indecon 18 years ago this month. There was another one as far back as 1986, 36 years ago. The latest report, we are told, is now going to become part of a straw man proposal which will go to be reviewed by the national disability inclusion strategy steering group. Rather than having report after report and groups looking at it, we know a cost of disability payment needs to be introduced. It cannot be done overnight but can we get at least a timeframe for people who are waiting for this important support?

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