Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 April 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Intellectual Disability and Ageing: Discussion
9:30 am
Professor Mary McCarron:
Absolutely. I totally agree. People with intellectual disability are sometimes caught in the benefits trap. When they go into mainstream employment, perhaps they lose many of the other benefits that are critical and essential for them in support of their disability. We need to look at how we can address that issue to ensure people do not automatically lose some of the health or other benefits they currently have when they go into employment.
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