Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy knows, the cost of disability crosses the remit of a number of Departments, encompassing transport, housing adaptation grants and access to services, including healthcare. Income supports are only part of the solution. The disability groups were not happy with the Green Paper. We have to go back to the drawing board, which we are doing by way of the Cabinet committee. We will take learnings from the Green Paper. I do not have a timeline for action because the Green Paper was rejected. The Cabinet committee will look at this issue in the round. In the meantime, I will look at how I can provide additional supports, including through schemes like EmployAbility, the free travel pass and the reasonable accommodation fund. I will continue to work with the disability groups. The Cabinet committee is where it is at right now. It meets regularly, to be fair to it.

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