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The Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands will meet on Wednesday the 29th of May to discuss the impact of means testing on the social welfare system. The meeting will take place in Committee Room 3 of Leinster House between 09:30-12:30. 

Proposed changes to disability allowance payments included establishment of a three-tiered system

The proposal would have created a tier system for Disability Allowance.

The intention behind sharing these stories is not to attract further pity but to demonstrate the vulnerable position Bangladeshis with disabilities are forced into because of the actions of our fellow citizens. It is crucial for the government, civil society organisations, as well as ordinary people, our friends, neighbours, and colleagues to address these systemic barriers

Campaigners fear some disabled people could be forced to work when they cannot.