140. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the action she will take on the commitment to protect persons with disabilities by implementing a number of the ten points recommended by the Disability Federation of Ireland relevant to her Department, namely increasing disability payments by €20 per week as an interim measure to offset the cost of disability; restoring the respite grant to pre-austerity levels by increasing it by €325 per annum; making all employment activation programmes eligible to persons with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32289/15]

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140. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the action she will take on the commitment to protect persons with disabilities by implementing a number of the ten points recommended by the Disability Federation of Ireland relevant to her Department, namely increasing disability payments by €20 per week as an interim measure to offset the cost of disability; restoring the respite grant to pre-austerity levels by increasing it by €325 per annum; making all employment activation programmes eligible to persons with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32289/15]

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