Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection

Photo of Marc Ó CathasaighMarc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I would like to see flexibility and responsiveness fleshed out in a little bit more detail.

Mr. Hession and I mentioned AsIAm. The issue of autistic burnout means that people who are engaged in employment, and are due to work a certain number of hours this week, might not be up to facing that many hours next week. We do not want a situation to arise where people do not get the payments they need in a timely fashion. I would like to see this developed. How responsive and flexible could this payment be? I will not dwell on that point because I am conscious of time.

Mr. Hession mentioned that the Department ran the rule over 1,000 preliminary cases when sorting them into three categories. I assume they were randomly selected so that they would give an indicative measure of where we are likely to land. What was the percentage outcome in terms of the different years?

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