Ms Anna Shakespeare:

Anything that acts as an incentive - this is an opinion - to enable, incentivise and support people with disabilities to remain engaged in the workforce and not find themselves at a further economic disadvantage, in the notorious welfare trap as it is called, is good. I am not aware of any state in Europe that has cracked this nut. It is about how to get the balance right to support people into real, inclusive employment where they have meaning and add value and it is certainly a challenge. We agree with it in principle but as our colleague, Mr. Leahy, said, it is very early to speak about uptake rates.