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Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: ...that if people take up work, they can retain their medical cards for three years. The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, has sought to ensure that the interests of people with disabilities and carers remain a focus of her Department's priorities. She has worked to ensure they are properly supported, and has taken targeted measures to increase payment rates and earnings disregard, as well as...

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Bríd Smith: ...in the House, when we were discussing the referendum Bill, that it was not possible to compel governments to do something in future. This was in relation to the wording that "we will strive to support carers in this society". The weakness of the words "strive to" led to the falling of that referendum. Imagine that the Minister said it is not possible in the Constitution to compel...

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Joan Collins: ...Dáil. I welcome the news that the Government is planning to scrap the Green Paper on Disability Reform. The proposals were widely condemned by a broad coalition of disability, mental health and carers' groups. I am glad the Government has recognised, as everybody else has, just how unfit for purpose the Green Paper was. This was, however, a shameful attempt to reform the system to...

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...motion is aptly entitled "disability justice", and I support its asks. There may be some nuances around the means testing for certain payments but I fully support having no means testing for the carer's allowance, whether that is called carer's allowance or a guaranteed living wage. You do not get carer's allowance unless you care full-time for a person who needs full-time care....

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...in terms of regulating those private practitioners. I also wish to briefly mention the disabled drivers and passengers scheme, as I have been unable to make any progress to date in relation to a carer and the person he cares for in County Clare because they are not family. I was hoping for legislative change in this regard.

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: ...speak again. What a prognosis. In the 11 years since his accident, Shaun has overcome massive challenges with the support of his parents, Gretta and Kevin Fogarty, the rest of his family and his carers. He showed great determination and strength and after three years in hospital, and a considerable challenge to get him a home care package, Shaun eventually returned home to the care of...

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Michael Collins: ..., the process becomes even more challenging and impacts their mental and physical health. Universal payments offer a fair solution by providing consistent support to all disabled people and carers. We thereby create a safety net that does not discriminate based on perceived abilities. Disability is diverse. I will also talk about people who are trying to get disabled certificates...

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Duncan Smith: ...to support disabled people into the workplace, and provide extra places on the disability wage subsidy scheme, as well as reforming the scheme itself. We would work to remove the means test for carer's allowance, which is the next big challenge we believe needs to be faced with urgency in terms of people who are caring for disabled people. On disability services themselves, the...

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...a homeless hub. I could go on with more examples. What do we need? We need the Government to accept the rights of people with disabilities. We must end the disgraceful means-testing of disability payments, carer's payments and so on. We need a new referendum to establish the constitutional rights of people with disabilities. We must have universal payments that actually take into...

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...important victory. That and the massive “No” vote in the care referendum should put the Government and the institutions of the State on notice that ignoring and mistreating people with disabilities and carers will not be possible any longer. The Government must start taking meaningful steps towards guaranteeing equal rights for disabled people. Tokenism will not be...

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: ...disabled people seeking rights through the courts and forced them to campaign for services and supports, in particular from the social protection and healthcare systems, with many disabled people having to constantly reapply for a medical card or other entitlements; and — the means-testing of Disability Allowance, Carer's Allowance, medical cards and many other supports results in...