David Cullinane (Sinn Fein)

That is my understanding. The problem we have is that people pay PRSI, which is a social insurance, so if they are victims of an accident, they can rely on it and can be covered. A number of advocacy organisations have made the point that this potentially could be a slippery slope, or a move towards a more graded scale of disability. While the section here states "amounting to 15%", could a future Minister insert a section that states "amounting to 25%", or "amounting to 30%", so that only very disabled people will get the payment.

People pay PRSI for a reason. I assume that this section deals with people who are victims of an accident at work.