Erin McGreehan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

To follow up on that needs test idea, we have a Green Paper on Disability Reform. That is the exact reason the Green Paper was scrapped to ensure a medical assessment of the person as opposed to something else. The best practice that Ms Cox mentioned, such as tiered payments based on medical need, is something that we no longer have, thankfully, as it was a win for disability groups to get that deleted and to examine a social model, as opposed to a medical model. There is a conflict there. I understand why we would do that, but how do we reconcile that contradiction, as advocates for carers and people with disabilities?