Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Mr. White has put it very strongly, in terms of the large companies coming in, that this could be one of the conditions attached. I just want to ask a really specific question on the issue around workplace adaptation grants. As well as the increase in budget for workplace adaptation grants, is there a difference to be made in policy whereby somebody can hold provisional approval for a workplace adaptation grant or a company can be provisionally been approved for a grant? The paperwork could be front-loaded so it becomes something that companies and maybe individuals hold while the recruitment process is under way. The company can say it has already gone through the paperwork that would be required if it happened to employ a person who had a disability, sight loss or whatever it might be. Similarly, a person would be able to go to two or three different employers and know that this is something they had. That might be effective as a policy shift, as well as the increased budget, which is definitely needed. My last question was about macular degeneration and the issue of medication. Is there progress in this budget on the exclusion of that from the increased high VAT rate that was attached to macular degeneration supplements?