630. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason recipients of disablement benefit are excluded from eligibility for the cost of disability payment while recipients of other long-term disability payments are included; the rationale for this distinction; and if he will consider extending eligibility for the cost of disability payment to people in receipt of disablement benefit, many of whom have long-term disabilities and incur significant additional disability-related costs. [73890/26]

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630. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason recipients of disablement benefit are excluded from eligibility for the cost of disability payment while recipients of other long-term disability payments are included; the rationale for this distinction; and if he will consider extending eligibility for the cost of disability payment to people in receipt of disablement benefit, many of whom have long-term disabilities and incur significant additional disability-related costs. [73890/26]

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1. 20 October 2026

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   630. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason recipients of disablement benefit are excluded from eligibility for the cost of disability payment while recipients of other long-term disability payments are included; the rationale for this distinction; and if he will consider extending eligibility for the cost of disability payment to people in receipt of disablement benefit, many of whom have long-term disabilities and incur significant additional disability-related costs. [73890/26]

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