Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

My constituent, Aimee Campbell, suffers from an illness called functional neurological disorder, FND. She has limb paralysis in both legs and in her left arm. She suffers from extreme pain and seizures. She has been turned down for home carer hours by the HSE on two grounds. The first is that, at 28, she has not reached the age of 65 and is therefore not eligible. The second ground is that her illness is not recognised. The HSE is looking again at her case. I will send the details to the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, and I appeal to her to use her good offices to ensure her illness is recognised and she gets the support she so urgently needs.

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