Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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For a private house. To categorise it, for a stairlift in that house. It is the disabled person's grant. It is the grant for the person with a disability. On the comments I made, if somebody with a disability due to a stroke or car accident moves in with a son or daughter or whatever, and the income of the son or daughter is way over the limit, the next thing is they cannot accommodate the person and it is back to the State to provide care. It should be that the grant should follow the person with the disability. As part of the Department's discussion on strategy and budgets, it should be ensured that the funding is allocated to the person with the disability, even though the house owner might be a different person. The house owner is undertaking that the person with a disability will live in his or her house and he or she will look after that person's needs. If we are to have a fully rights-based society for people with disabilities, it is important we ensure that the grant follows the person with the disability. It is something that is really worth looking at.