Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters

Employment and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Martin ConwayMartin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Does Mr. Murphy believe there is what we might call a welfare trap or a difficulty that people with a disability find when they start employment and lose benefits? It is a big issue. At some stage, while there are some benefits that need to remain, such as free travel and that type of thing, there is a point where the benefits have to be lost if somebody is in full-time employment. Can he suggest a mechanism for achieving that balance in trying to ensure somebody with a disability gets into employment and, at the same time, is able to do without the benefits that are unnecessary? Is there a way of achieving that? It is a very tricky issue.

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