Under-18 disability payment speculation
Deputies challenge reports of possible changes to under-18 disability payments; the Taoiseach says no report has been completed or considered and that the issue will be addressed during the budget process.
Have a mini-Cabinet meeting on it.
Comment on this
This is a matter, no more than any other, that will be properly considered by the Government collectively as part of its responsibility to bring forward a budget for 2013, which budget will be challenging in all respects. The matter of disability payments to under 18 year olds is the subject of a report that has not been concluded, that has not been presented to the Minister, that has not been seen by any Minister and, therefore, has not been considered by the Government. Obviously, it will be considered as part of the overall responsibility of the Government to present its budget early in December.