Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 September 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion

Mr. Darren Reid:

I agree completely with what Senator Conway has just said. That has been a fear I have had ever since the opportunity to go into employment has been there - that I would lose my medical card benefit, my free travel benefit and so on. A constant fear in the back of my head is by how much I will be in deficit relative to what I have now. While I will go up in how much I earn, by how much will I go down in the cost of travel and medical insurance? I am a permanently disabled person. How much will I be charged for medical insurance? I need to pay for this kind of thing. My medical card will go away eventually, will it not? I do not know.

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