Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The question still arises as to what happens next. The Indecon cost of disability report rightly indicated that different people have different costs of disability and that people with higher costs relating to their disability should receive greater support. There were a number of problems with the Green Paper. One was that it conflated severity of disability with the higher cost of disability whereas that is not necessary the case. There are many other variables, including geography. Sometimes there is a cost to going to work. Different types of disability can cost differently and there may be different housing costs. The advocates for disability payment have advocated that it is a relatively individualised payment. The examination of the cost will require work and consideration. There are also problems and inconsistencies with the current system even aside from that. For example, someone on disability payment does not qualify for a stamp but someone on invalidity payment does. Issues like that need to be ironed out.

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