Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)

I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this matter. The budget proposes to increase the age at which people can claim disability allowance, which will ensure that these people will lose €14,000 per person each year. With regard to the Interpretation Act, will it be necessary to introduce legislation, similar to that for dealing with removing the medical cards from over 70s, to remove the disability allowance from people with disabilities?

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