Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

The Minister says the proposal in the Green Paper for a three-tier system of disability payments has nothing to do with the UK system. Is it not, however, founded on essentially the same idea as the work capability assessment in Britain, which is a test of capacity to work and then the establishment of tiers? Why should we believe a Government led by a Taoiseach who, when he was in the Minister's position, ran a campaign on a completely false basis claiming that "welfare cheats cheat us all"?

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