Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters

Living with a Disability: Discussion

Photo of Pauline TullyPauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Her daughter just got her home last June and she received the carer's allowance for a number of weeks after that. It would just be from the summer to next January. We are talking about a year and a half where she should have been entitled to a pension but was not. Even if she knew she would receive the payment, it would be something.