982. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered the effect that changes made to the partial capacity benefit regime in September 2020 are having on persons registered blind such as a person (details supplied) but who were on an invalidity pension as opposed to disability allowance or the blind pension prior to returning to work for rehabilitative purposes; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that forcing these persons to choose between partial capacity payment or their employer receiving the wage subsidy scheme will mean that persons in this scenario may have to give up work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14466/21]

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982. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered the effect that changes made to the partial capacity benefit regime in September 2020 are having on persons registered blind such as a person (details supplied) but who were on an invalidity pension as opposed to disability allowance or the blind pension prior to returning to work for rehabilitative purposes; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that forcing these persons to choose between partial capacity payment or their employer receiving the wage subsidy scheme will mean that persons in this scenario may have to give up work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14466/21]

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