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

Mick Barry: ...the reality of life for people with disabilities. The Minister made the point that there had been a €29 weekly increase in payments over the past three budgets. However, other Deputies referred to the Indecon report on the cost of living with disability, which in today's terms is between €10,000 and €14,000 per annum. Minor incremental increases like that do not...

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

Seán Canney: ...current. Solutions are not being found. The Government could take a hand over many of the things that are happening and try to sort them out without any more toing and froing. In 2019, an INDECON report noted an increase in the cost of living with a disability. That increased cost has become worse with inflation in the intervening years, but there is no sign of the Government...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ..., had a number of substantial flaws. In terms of the philosophy underpinning it, the biggest flaw was that it conflated the cost of disability with the severity of disability. As we know from the Indecon report and lots of other sources, the cost of disability is based on a range of variables, not just the severity of disability. It can vary a lot depending on whether people live alone,...

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

Mick Barry: ..., introduced the Green Paper without any consultation with disabled persons' organisations. It is the members of the disabled community, not the Taoiseach, who are responsible for the change of policy, and I offer each and every one of them who raised their voices my sincere congratulations. In 2021, the Department of Social Protection commissioned an Indecon report on the costs of...