1033. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to counter the additional burden that very high inflation is placing on disabled persons in receipt of both the disability allowance and the invalidity pension; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the setting of the pandemic unemployment payment at €350 is the minimum level of payment that a person requires to survive; if she plans to extend this level to the 13.5% of the population that are living with one type of disability or more according to the most recent census figures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20163/22]

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1033. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to counter the additional burden that very high inflation is placing on disabled persons in receipt of both the disability allowance and the invalidity pension; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the setting of the pandemic unemployment payment at €350 is the minimum level of payment that a person requires to survive; if she plans to extend this level to the 13.5% of the population that are living with one type of disability or more according to the most recent census figures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20163/22]

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