Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 November 2018
Public Accounts Committee
Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation
9:00 am
Ms Patsy Carr:
I have no idea. All I can say is the State pays a pension of between €6,000 and €13,000, depending on the level of disability. It is disregarded if somebody seeks a disability allowance and is also disregarded for the purposes of taxation. Equally, the payments made from Germany are disregarded. The State is attempting to support people, but we have no role if somebody then applies-----
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