John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The programme for Government commits to targeted improvements in welfare payments for the elderly, people with disabilities, the sick and carers, among others. Information recently received by Sinn Féin indicates that at the end of September, waiting lists for people in receipt of social welfare have increased across the board. For example, the wait for carer's allowance has increased from 19 weeks at the end of June to 40 weeks at the end of September. The wait for the non-contributory State pension has gone to 19 weeks and the wait for disability allowance has gone to 21 weeks. What measures are being taken by the Government and the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, to tackle these escalating and grossly out of control waiting times for the most needy?

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