Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is a matter for the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Finian McGrath, so I will ask him to correspond with the Deputies in a bit more detail. I checked up on it and I was advised that it would not apply to anyone who currently receives that payment but would only apply to new entrants. A difficulty arose in that some people were getting the grant and others were not, and there is an inequality in that. The decision was taken, instead, to use the money to provide better services for people with disabilities, and the money was diverted to services from cash payments.

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