Tom Clonan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the answer and the detail. Philosophically we saw with the payments during the Covid-19 pandemic, which were much more generous than disability allowance, that every cent of that €2 billion would be spent in the real economy. Disabled people do not hoard the money. It does not disappear. It is like Newton's Law. It is just transferred from one activity to another. Every cent would be spent in the real economy. Fairness and equality are not about treating everyone the same way. They are about recognising the difference and challenges of people with disabilities and supporting and scaffolding them. I support the detail in Mr. Hession's answer.