Mr. Haydn Hammersley:

I was going to hand the floor to Mr. Jacquinot, but I can go ahead. I am not sure whether I have that much more to say than what I have already said. Ireland definitely could consider going the way other countries have gone with either increasing the income disregard or abolishing it altogether and simply allowing income to be completely compatible with disability allowance. In the countries that allow this, it is true that there tends to be an easier flow into the labour market. It definitely takes away a lot of the anxiety people have. I cannot say it is a complete solution to assisting persons with disabilities to open the labour market, however. Of course, this needs to be done in parallel with an accumulation of many different policies working to incentivise employment, but certainly it is something that helps. When we talk to people with disabilities about the things that prevent them from taking up paid work in the open market, this is typically the issue they speak to us about most commonly. It is certainly the main cause of anxiety among persons with disabilities who would like to work.