Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion
Mr. John McGeady:
To be clear, we argue and advocate that all social welfare rates should ultimately be indexed. We simply said we would begin with a number of core rates and we highlighted disability allowance, jobseeker's allowance and carer's allowance as a starting point. As Dr. McDonnell said, over a longer period you could begin building on that. We choose those particularly because-----