Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his reply. It is the last day of the Dáil and, given that there is a Minister in the committee, I would like to make an appeal. A lot of budgetary decisions will be made over the recess. As a committee, we have heard a lot from people over the past two years about the risk of social exclusion and other such things being much higher among people with disabilities. We know there is a cost of living crisis at the moment. People with disabilities are suffering more than everybody else. I appeal to the Minister, in advance of the budget, to push for a cost of disability payment in advance of the budget to try to address the suffering people are experiencing.