Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have been asking this question for six years since the Government scrapped the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance. In the most recent response I received, I was told that the Minister for Health and the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Finian McGrath, brought proposals for a new transport support payment scheme to the Cabinet in May 2018. They then withdrew it. There has been no explanation. They said they were going to come back with a revised proposal but, again, there was no timeframe. There is a commitment in the programme for Government that has not been acted upon. This issue has been sitting in the Government's legislative programme for years. How much longer will it be before this Government produces a scheme and a Bill, and a timeframe to introduce it?

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