Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)

Subvention is still a major problem. The new rules were introduced before the Dáil went into recess last year. When I spoke to people in the subvention office yesterday it became apparent they did not know of the new rules yet, although all cases were supposed to be brought up to date by 31 January 2007. That is totally unacceptable. It is the wrong way to treat the elderly.

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