We should have a situation where any person with a disability, any family member of somebody with a disability, any organisation representing people with disabilities or any member of the public who just has an interest in the cause and the rights of people with disabilities, would be able to input into this initial discussion document. I encourage all people with a disability and all disability organisations to get involved in the public consultation by making submissions. There will be a €400 disability support lump sum to be paid to people in receipt of long-term disability payment.
The background to the Green Paper is the cost of disability report which was produced after extensive consultation with disabled people. The Green Paper proposes an alternative solution of increasing disability supports, be they financial or employment-related, for the benefit of people with disabilities.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 6,066 words from 11 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Senators Robbie Gallagher and Regina Doherty; Níl, Senators Tom Clonan and Sharon Keogan.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 5–23 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 5–22 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 5–24 |
Party shown is the one each member held on 2023-10-11, frozen by a dated join — not their party today. The Oireachtas API publishes no date of birth and returns an empty gender field for every member in this period, so no age or gender breakdown is shown.