Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 November 2025

Committee on Disability Matters

Advancing in Work for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Guillaume Jacquinot:

The cost of disability report released in 2021 talked about a figure of €8,000 to €13,000 or €14,000 for people with moderate to high support needs.

The DFI published something to the effect that with inflation of costs, it would be more like €10,000 to €15,000. As Mr. Hennessy mentioned, it is not one size fits all. A personalised approach to what is needed would be very important. In response to a parliamentary question to the Minister for Social Protection a year ago, there was an estimate with regard to costs in the realm of €700 million to €800 million if all of the recipients of the disability allowance were to get a €50 weekly cost-of-disability payment. I will have to check the figures again. This could be good but once again, I would be in favour of personalised supports according to the needs of people.

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