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

I launched the work and access programme in the Hodson Bay Hotel. It was very encouraging to see the number of people working in the hotel who had taken up the scheme. It has made a difference to many people's lives. It is a great scheme. I commend the employers who have engaged actively with it, the Hodson Bay Hotel being a prime example.

An income disregard of €165 per week is applied, with tapering of earnings between €165 and €375. A person can earn a maximum of €505.10 per week and keep a portion of his or her disability payment. People in receipt of invalidity pension can transfer to partial capacity benefit to return to or take up employment. The personal rate of payment of partial capacity benefit is based on a medical assessment of a person's restriction regarding their capacity to work.

I do not set the tax rates. That is a matter the Deputy will have to take up with the Minister for Finance.

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