Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I reiterate that no changes have been made to the conditionality or rules governing applications for disability allowance. We will not know the final outcomes for 2012 until after the year end, but the Deputy's citation of the statistics was interesting. The highest level of awards, some 49%, was in 2009. In 2010, when his party was in government, the figure fell sharply according to the Department's statistics.

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