Liam Quaide (Cork East, Social Democrats)
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105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on plans to introduce a permanent annual cost of disability support payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21566/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The Government recognises the additional costs associated with having a disability and is committed to improving outcomes for disabled people. That is why in the last three Budgets we brought forward an extensive range of cost of living measures to support people with disabilities and their families, including lump sum payments, bonus payments and increases to the maximum personal rate of weekly disability payments.

In the Programme for Government, we have committed to introducing a permanent Annual Cost of Disability Support Payment with a view to incrementally increasing this payment. We are currently examining the best way of delivering on this commitment within the overall budgetary context.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.