Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. R?n?n Hession:
I thank the Senator for the question. I will accept the deflected praise from Ms Kennedy about the youth of assistant secretaries general. In terms of the disregards, I will check what the position is for the Senator. The way the disregards work is that it is employment income that benefits from the disregard. As far as I am aware, there is not a parallel agriculture or farming scheme that would pay for an injury. The recipient may get a social welfare payment. There is a thing called occupational injuries benefit and various other schemes. It is at the esoteric end of our schemes. I will check it out and get back to the Senator.
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