Willie Aird feels an overhaul of the Disability Allowance System is needed.
The Disability Allowance should not punish people who manage to find part-time work.
Laois TD Willie Aird is making the point to seek a change in how it's assessed, raising the case of a woman from his constituency, who had almost €33 taken out of her allowance for doing so.
The Fine Gael rep says the small amount of work she found meant her weekly allowance was reduced from €146 to €113.
Deputy Aird says the current criteria is not reflective of extra costs:
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