Dáil debates

Wednesday, 26 October 2016

Questions on Proposed Legislation

 

12:40 pm

Photo of John BradyJohn Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The programme for Government states that work is underway on the drafting of legislation for the introduction of a new mobility scheme to assist people who have disabilities in meeting their increased mobility costs. In 2013 Fine Gael and Labour axed the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant with immediate effect. It left thousands of people in limbo while awaiting a replacement scheme. That new scheme is nowhere to be seen over three and a half years later. In 2013 the Taoiseach told the Dáil that €10.6 million allocated for those two schemes was ring-fenced and he hoped that new legislation would be in place within months. Over three and a half years later the replacement scheme is still nowhere to be seen.

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