Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I believe there has been a serious infringement of equality legislation in the context of the recent allocation for grants for people with disabilities and mobility problems, as well as grants for older people for the refurbishment of their houses to ensure they can live in reasonably comfortable homes. We are breaking the law seriously. Deputy Healy Rae and I are well aware that hundreds of applications have been made in County Kerry and these applicants have been certified medically by doctors and consultants as being eligible for grants. We are not in compliance with the legislation in this respect. I ask the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy O'Sullivan, who are here today and who are both from Limerick, to examine this situation, because it is very serious, particularly in County Kerry.

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