Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am sure the Minister and I are both very pleased that means testing has been so much on the agenda today. There is a need to deal with the issue of carers and I applaud the progress the Minister has made. However, she and I know there are a lot of other anomalies. I will give one simple example, which is the disability allowance and people who have a lifelong disability who inherit from parents, along with siblings. The siblings get their money tax-free up to €400,000. However, if the disabled sibling were to inherit this money, he or she would lose the disability allowance. There are a lot of anomalies. The Minister commissioned a report in her Department and I have been promised this report for a long time. I am told this Dáil might not last for too long, or so the rumour around the House and in the media goes. Before the Dáil rises finally, will this report be published so at least we have sight of the work? I have campaigned for years that the means testing for social welfare payments is absolutely out of date and anomalous.

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