Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)

The Tánaiste did not address the question I posed. The Government paused this budget measure. People who suffer from disabilities and are in receipt of disability allowance are entitled to respect and have certainty in the payments they can expect to receive from the State to support them in their day-to-day lives. Their daily lives are full of challenges. The decision to pause this budget measure included charging the chairperson of the Commission on Social Welfare and Taxation to carry out a review. Where stands that review? Are the people concerned not entitled to know exactly where they stand? The uncertainty must end. The Government is trying to rewrite and re-present some of its budget measures. Where do people with disabilities stand and when will they know the position on the budget announcement to cut their disability allowance payments?

See this speech in context