Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 April 2018

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Disability Funding and Disability Proofing Budget 2019: Discussion

4:00 pm

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I have one further question. On the issue of income support, obviously, in the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection it is accepted as such. With respect to younger people, particularly those with mental health issues, what are the delegates' experiences in their being able to access income support and subsequently being able, as they choose to do on a voluntary basis, to access help and support through a community employment scheme? How do the delegates see it progressing?