Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

At a meeting of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters last week, we got a briefing from the Minister's officials, for which we are very grateful, on the concept of the disability Green Paper. Like everything, there are anomalies in the system, some of which relate to household income being taken into account where a person with a disability lives in the house. There is a disregard, and while it is not accounted for in the non-contributory State pension, it is accounted for in the disability allowance. A lot of discussion has to take place in regard to disability. There has been much talk about the fact that when someone who is receiving the disability allowance goes back to work, they lose their secondary benefits. We should encourage people to participate in society and in therapeutic work, where they want to, which is better for them. It is important we have a full discussion on this. I saw-----

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