Dáil debates
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions
Disability Allowance
11:30 am
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
We are back to my old hobby horse, that of means testing. There are people who are so disabled from birth or an early age that they will never be able to get employment or make social welfare contributions. The only social welfare payment open to them is the disability allowance. The way that income, capital and savings are assessed against these people is unfair. I would be interested to hear what the Minister intends to do to reform this system.
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