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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on the Social Welfare System: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

...I and others have spoken to suggests that means testing can be very frustrating and even stigmatising for many people even where they understand the necessity of it. Moreover, and more broadly indicative of the experiences of claiming and receiving welfare, it can induce fear in people who need help and resources. Means testing can also be experienced as intrusive or humiliating as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on the Social Welfare System: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

...and can be humiliating for those subject to it. It favours the organised, knowledgeable and capable claimant. Indeed, I tested the guidelines on the Department of Social Protection website, which indicate a literacy level of around 50, which means that a university- or college-level education is needed to understand the means-testing guidelines. It is also unclear whether means-testing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on the Social Welfare System: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

...point and does not benefit anyone. Regarding the assessment of capital, I will be in danger of repeating what has already been said. Leaving aside liquid assets, fixed assets are not necessarily an indication of wealth. They may not be earning assets. For example, they may be a family home. In that context, I am not sure how much emphasis we should place on capital. The Deputy spoke...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on the Social Welfare System: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...might be in the reading list or wherever. Where does Dr. Griffin stand on a universal basic income? I know we have the payment for artists, but this is not really going to provide much of an indication about how it might work in wider society. I am not an advocate of it but I am open-minded. One criticism made of it is that arguably, it could facilitate employers in creating a low-wage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on the Social Welfare System: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Denis Naughten: ...to comment on her graph on the increase in expenditure in illness, disability and caring. This seems to be a trend in the UK as well. Have you any idea why this trend is going up and have you any indication of change in this regard as a result of the fallout from the Covid pandemic? I refer in particular to issues like long Covid. You may not be able to make a comment on it but if you...