Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I cannot see it being implemented before the next election.

The mobility allowance is a complex area, as the Deputy is well aware. The important thing is, first, to protect the people who are in receipt of the mobility allowance. Detailed work has been done on this to introduce a subsequent scheme which would be as broad as possible. There are degrees in this that are very complicated. The first thing is to protect people who are in receipt of it and this is being done. The drafting is underway in respect of making a broader-based scheme that would accommodate the various needs that are there.

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