Mary Lou McDonald

VAT to be reduced to 5% for the Hairdressing Sector

To highlight the impact that budget proposals will have on General Practice leading to further waiting lists and to ensure adequate capacity is in place in General Practice before any expansion of free GP care can be considered.

In Budget 2023 we called for funding necessary to ensure the sustainability of services for people with Intellectual Disabilities. In particular, we campaigned for 1) Significant investment to meet the urgent needs of people with intellectual disabilities and their families, as…

Introduce a Cost of Disability payment; Base the spending commitments on the requirements set out in the Disability Capacity Review and publish the Action Plan; Resource legislative and policy improvements such as the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act

Serious consideration be given to our asks for Budget 2023 to ensure that those who are furthest behind are supported first; that adequate financial supports are put in place for low-income households and that long term investment in services in rural areas that will help reduce…

18-point tax-reform package, elimination of the PRSI transition zone for low-paid workers, 3% USC levy for PAYE workers earning over €100k, greater support for the deep retro-fit program.

Additional funding for Government departments and agencies critical to the development of offshore wind energy including An Bord Pleanála and the NPWS.

To ensure that an elected representative was aware of key issues in relation to older people and Budget 2022 and the lack of progress on the development of the Commission on Care, pledged by the Government.

Recommendations and Suggestions for Budget 2022 would be taken onboard in finalising Budget 2022

To secure funding to enable the delivery of adequate support services to people with intellectual disabilities / autism.

Government to invest in the required supports in line with the requirements set out in the Capacity Review, to ensure clear budget lines of responsibility in relation to areas of supports that cross between Departments, to safeguard the sustainability of the high quality,…

Improved outcomes for family carers in Budget 2022

The incorporation of a range of measures within Budget 2022, including: increase funding for Personal Assistance; increase core social welfare rates affecting people with MD and their carers; extend medical card eligibility for children aged 16 years and over who have MD;…

That one parent families are protected from the negative financial impacts of the pandemic through adequate income supports, access to childcare and protections of households at risk of utility and rent arrears.

Copy of Congress Budget 2021 No Going Back