Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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My experience has been that if a person who has a disability marries, his or her spouse's income is assessed against that person's disability payment. When it comes to housing adaptation grants, if a person needs to adapt the bathroom or whatever for their disability, the income of that whole household is assessed against the person's need. That is a social injustice to people who need such adaptation work done. The only income that should be taken into account is that of the person with the disability. It is wrong and we should be highlighting it more.