Polio Survivors Ireland
2025-08-22
Intent: Emailed 9 TDs requesting that they submit parliamentary questions on our behalf to the Minister for Health.
Details: Parliamentary Questions
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2 January 2025
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22 August 2025
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Polio Survivors Ireland
2025-05-13
Intent: To seek political support for changes to the medical card means test so that it accounts for disability-related expenses, specifically in the case of aging polio survivors facing post-polio syndrome.
Details: Emailed TDs
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To request the submission of a Parliamentary Question to the Minister for Health regarding potential reform of medical card eligibility. - Email
Polio Survivors Ireland
2025-04-23
Intent: To present our key advocacy asks and gain support
Details: Met with TD to discuss the Cost of Disability
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Cost of disability payment for 65+, changes to income eligibility for medical card, the cost of disability as an allowable expense in means-testing for medical cards. - Virtual Meeting
Polio Survivors Ireland
2025-03-25
Intent: To ask several TDs to submit PQs on our behalf asking the Minister of Social Protection to extend the cost of disability payment to those who are in recipet of the State Pension
Details: PQ to extend cost of disability payment to those on the state pension with disabilities
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Intent: Bringing to the attention of members of the Oireachtas and people seeking election the issues facing unemployed people, so as to secure more inclusive, constructive and well resourced social protection, education, training, employment policies and outcomes.
Details: Key General Election issues for people who are unemployed, distanced from the labour market, and people working on these issues, calling on all political parties and people standing in the forthcoming General Election to ensure adequate levels of income; improve welfare to work supports; provide qua, ...
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In particular INOU called for benchmarking of all social welfare rates to lift people above poverty line and ensure Minimum Essential Standard of Living; support people to address initial costs of taking up employment by introducing a travel card or a voucher system; provide timely information on return to work payments; address barriers in labour market facing people; ensure availability of transport, affordable childcare and housing; add socio-economic status ground into equality legislation. - Submission